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mostly American, stayed until shipped to Manila in December 1944.
There in the ancient Spanish prison, Bilibid, housed next door to some of the last survivors of Bataan and Corregidor, they were fortunate to survive the Battle of Manila that began just five weeks after their arrival, a battle that left Manila, once known as the
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