de bay. now at the shoreline the amtrak slid into the water and headed northwest towards mommetid while the rescuers formed a defensive perimeter around the remaining internees on the beach and then it momented the overjoyed internees were met by scores of ambulances and trucks. which eventually carried them to bilibid prison in manila where they were fed as much soup as they wanted and cared for. the amtraks, however, they made their way back across laguna de bay to the beach outside los banos the last internees and the rescuers loaded up for the trip back to friendly lines as they were leaving. however, the first of enemy forces arrived and began firing on them and dropping mortars major burgess said that they were close enough that he could hear the japanese officers giving verbal orders to their men the rescuers and the internees left with only seconds to spare how good freedom felt to the 2100 internees who had suffered under the japanese for so long. the smiles in these photos really he