The liberation of Santo Tomas.

On February 3, 1945, the 8th Cavalry, using tanks as battering rams, was able to break through the gates of the University of Santo Tomas. The Japanese guards inside, mostly Formosans, did not offer much resistance and soon surrendered. Some 3,500 internees were liberated (TOP, American and Filipino prisoners crowding outside the entrance of the main building and, BOTTOM, waving an American flag outside the building as the crowd cheers).

However, some 275 internees (MIDDLE, LEFT) were still held hostage by Japanese forces under Lt. Col. Toshio Hayashi, who used them to guarantee safe conduct for himself and his men. The Japanese guards were released on February 5 (MIDDLE, RIGHT) in exchange for the hostages. [Read more]

(All photos by Carl Mydans, courtesy of LIFE Magazine)

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