""Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do"". Still standing in the rubble of a church in the war-blasted town of Dulag, a statue of the sacred heart appears to gaze in quiet sorrow on the destruction wrought by battle's fury seething over Leyte Island. Catching the significance of the spirit of peace indomitable in the midst of war, a Coast Guard combat photographer made this powerful photo as general MacArthur's liberation forces delivered Dulag in their Central Philippine advance.

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Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 17-a2-199, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg