Seventy-five years ago, the Liberation of Manila and the end of the Second World War took place. A key figure in the Liberation of Manila and the Santo Tomas Internment Camp was General Douglas MacArthur, who received an honorary doctorate, the Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree, from the University of Santo Tomas in August 1945. This clip shows a portion of the ceremonies that took place in the old University Gymnasium, where the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building now stands. In atte

On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur presided over the formal signing of the surrender terms with Japan. In a 23-minute ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, MacArthur declared: “It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion, a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, t