THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS RAISED IN LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS
OCTOBER 19, 1944
A HAUSER IS TIED TO THE BOAT ON THE BEACH TRYING THE BOATS STUCKED
DURING THE TYPHOON WHILE LANDING AT BLACK BEACH,
LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS
OCTOBER 18, 1944
MEMBERS OF THE 6TH RANGER BATTALION ENTERED THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS, BEFORE IT WAS BURNED BY THE JAPANESE
OCCUPATION ARMY.
OCTOBER 19, 1944
FIRST CONTACT WITH LORETO’S GUERILLA FORCES AFTER LANDING ON BLACK
BEACH, CAMPINTAC, LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS
OCTOBER 18, 1944
TROOPS OF COMPANY “C” 6TH RANGER BATTALLION DISEMBARK FROM
AN APD OFF BLACK BEACH, CAMPINTAC, LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS
OCTOBER 18, 1944
MAJOR GARRETT, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 6TH RANGER
BATTALLION WELCOMES A GUERILLA AS THEY CAME CAMPINTAC, LORETO, DINAGAT ISLANDS
OCTOBER 18, 1944
Photo credit: FAMILY OF ODON C. GALIDO, SR.
Courtesy of California Congressman GARY G. MILLER from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.