Freeing Santo Tomas

1 ink spit on paper signed and dated. Typed caption on verso reads: 'Taken from the War sketchbooks of Capt. Sidney Simon C.E. War Art Unit, S.W.P.A. Freed elderly American woman clasps G.I. The freeing on internees of Santo Tomas University Manila - February 1945. A small contingent of the 7th Cavalry Rangers broke through Japanese lines where civilian prisoners were kept for three years. They included Aussies, English, Chinese, Americans and others. At first they did not recognize the American soldiers - having last seen them wearing World War I tin hats'. 1 ink spit on paper signed and dated. Typed caption on verso reads: 'Taken from the War sketchbooks of Capt. Sidney Simon C.E. War Art Unit, S.W.P.A. Freed elderly American woman clasps G.I. The freeing on internees of Santo Tomas University Manila - February 1945. A small contingent of the 7th Cavalry Rangers broke through Japanese lines where civilian prisoners were kept for three years. They included Aussies, English, Chinese, Americans and others. At first they did not recognize the American soldiers - having last seen them wearing World War I tin hats'. Small oblong folio. Gift of the Renee A. Simon Revocable Trust, 2022 Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)