In February 1945, War Correspondent William Gray reported for TIME the destructive battle in which MacArthur's troops freed Manila from the Japanese. Last week Gray, now an editor of LIFE, cabled from Manila this report on the Philippines five years after liberation:
THE streets of Manila, once shell-pocked and littered with rubble, are smooth again and crowded with new cars. The Quezon and Jones bridges across the Pasig River are handsomely restored; the Santa Cruz and Ayala bridges will be restored by next year. Manila's shops bulge with almost every American product from tomato juice to tractors. But despite all...
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