Angels of Bataan - Liberation

Liberation

Emboldened by the success of the Raid at Cabanatuan, General Douglas MacArthur ordered Major General Vernon D. Mudge to make an aggressive raid on Santo Tomas in the Battle of Manila (1945). The internees at Santo Tomas, including the nurses, were liberated on 3 February 1945, by a "flying column" of the 1st Cavalry.

  • Army Nurses climb into trucks leaving Santo Tomas, 12 February 1945

  • Army Nurses leaving Santo Tomas

  • Navy Nurses rescued from Los Baños, 23 February 1945

  • Navy Nurses rescued from Los Baños (US Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery)

The navy nurses were subsequently liberated in the Raid at Los Baños.

Upon returning to the U.S., the US Army awarded their nurses, among other decorations, the Bronze Star for valor and a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in action. The Navy nurses were likewise awarded Bronze Stars upon their return.

  • Army nurses awarded Bronze Stars by Gen. Denit on Leyte Island.

  • Nurses leaving for the US after receiving Bronze Stars, 20 February 1945

  • Lt. Rosemary Hogan gets new bars from Maj. Juanita Redmond.

  • Maj. Maude Davison and Lt. Eunice Young at the Presidio

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