January 23, 1942 – Friday
2:00 a.m. Awake watching how the President is. Left tunnel at 6:20 a.m. to go to Chaplain Ronan’s barracks to hear Mass. We had hardly… Read More »January 23, 1942 – Friday
2:00 a.m. Awake watching how the President is. Left tunnel at 6:20 a.m. to go to Chaplain Ronan’s barracks to hear Mass. We had hardly… Read More »January 23, 1942 – Friday
Also warm and uneventful. I do not like this lull. I believe that their planes are busy at the front, and at Singapore. If… Read More »January 22, 1942 – Thursday
A warm and quiet day. No air raid. President visited the Philippine Army batteries.
After breakfast, we left with General Francisco to Juanting Point along the Manila Bay coast of Bataan to inspect our coast defenses. I inspected… Read More »January 20, 1942 – Tuesday
Got up at 6 a.m. Shaved & dressed. Took launch Baler at 7 a.m. for Cabcaben. Arrived there 7:30 a.m. Lieutenant Monsod aide to General… Read More »January 19, 1942 – Monday
This has been a quiet day. No alarms. Windy & slightly cloudy. We can hear once in a while the artillery fire at Bataan.
Quiet. Two alarms each day but no bombing. We downed 2 planes today (17th). Carlos Romulo had been sick for the last 2 days… Read More »January 16-17, 1942
Heard Mass & received Holy Communion. At 10 a.m. I invited Major E. C. Cruz, Medical Corps to the Treasury Vault for a good… Read More »January 15, 1942 – Thursday