re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"

I just had to post this about Santo Tomas:

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During World War II, the Japanese forces converted the Sampaloc campus into an internment camp for enemy aliens, mostly Americans, living in the Philippines. The original Intramuros campus was destroyed in 1944 by an arson created by the Japanese Kempeitai. More than 4,000 foreigners survived under difficult conditions in the internment camp for 37 months from January 1942 until February 1945 when the camp was liberated by American soldiers.[12]

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My father was one of those American soldiers. He'll be 95 in 3 days.