Filipino seeks to return war-era Japanese photos to owners

Filipino seeks to return war-era Japanese photos to owners

MANILA, Philippines - Rey Florentino, a 52-year-old architect, shows a 15-page photo album he found seven years ago in an old abandoned house in the northern Philippines that was used by the Japanese military during World War II.

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