Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 02.25.1945
Medics assigned to the 37th Infantry Division give plasma to a Soldier wounded during the battle inside the walled city of Intramuros, a 16th century Spanish fort, Feb. 25, 1945, in Manila, Philippines. (Photo from Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections)...
Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 02.23.1945
Company F, 145th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division Soldiers move past the General Post Office building on their way to assault the walled city of Intramuros Feb. 23, 1945, in Manila, Philippines. First Lt. Bernard Patterson, a platoon leader in Company F, later wrote that Sgt. Prewora had had his name drawn in a rotation lottery, four days before the company attacked. “At 0830, a smoke shell......
Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 02.20.1945
Howitzers from the 136th Field Artillery Battalion fire at point blank range at buildings turned into fortifications by the Japanese during the Battle of Manila in February 1945. “The 37th had always believed in the use of heavy fire power to the maximum,” said Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, commanding general of the 37th Infantry Division. “To me, the loss of a single American life to......
Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 02.07.1945
In plywood assault boats, Company L, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division, leads the amphibious assault across Manila’s Pasig River, Feb. 7, 1945. (Photo from Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Audiovisual Collection/Ohio History Connection)...
Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 02.07.1945
The scene depicts the Silver Star action of Pvt. Billy E. Vinson of Company E, 148th Infantry, who fought off a bayonet attack by six Japanese rifleman in the Paco District during the Battle of Manila in February 1945. Then, with his squad under orders to withdraw, Vinson remained alone with his Browning Automatic Rifle to cover the evacuation of the wounded and withdrawal of his unit. When......
