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LIFE Santo Tomas Delivered 1945-03-03

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[LIFE Magazine 1945, "Santo Tomás Is Delivered" by Carl Mydans, p 25–29]

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"Ernest Stanley was one of the interned Workers.
He was fluent in the Japanese language and became the
interpreter between the internees and the Japanese.

During the liberation of Santo Tomas, his diplomacy probably
saved many lives."

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"March through Manila, led by Brady (left), Hayashi and Stanley,
took the Japanese through deserted streets. Near the end of the
march some Filipinos ran across the road and the nervous Japanese
soldiers broke for cover. Shamed by loss of face, Hayashi and
his officers, who were left standing in the road, coaxed their
men out and went off toward their own lines."