Location: España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Building
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: Unknown
Marker text:
STO. TOMAS CONCENTRATION CAMP
BUILDING USED AS A CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR AMERICAN AND ALLIED CIVILIANS DURING SECOND WORLD WAR LIBERATED 3 FEBRUARY 1945 AT 8:30 P.M. BY THE 44TH TANK BATTALION ATTACHED TO 1ST CAV. DN. CAPT. JESSE L. WALTERS IN HIS TANK "BATTLIN BASIC" BROKE THROUGH IRON FENCE RIGHT SIDE GATE ESPAIVA ST. SUPPORTED BY THE 3RD PLATOON OF "B" CO. UNDER 2ND LT. ROBERT E. LEE. LIBERATING FORCE GUIDED BY GUERRILLA CAPT. MANUEL COLAYCO WHO LOST HIS LIFE THERE.
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