5 Apr. ’42
A strange Easter Sunday and homesickness magnified. Special dinner arranged today at five PM, with fried chicken and ice cream special order through the welfare… Read More »5 Apr. ’42
Bataan
April 5, 1942
At about 2 p.m. Japanese barges come again. They shelled the bay area of Limay and Lamao going northward. Perhaps they’re now attempting to make… Read More »April 5, 1942
April 5th, 1942 Easter Sunday
Arrived at junction Trail 8 and 10 at 4:00 AM. Enemy took Mt Samat at 12:30 PM; this gives them observation for artillery fire. I… Read More »April 5th, 1942 Easter Sunday
Sunday April 5, 1942
119 days. Eeater Sunday and I’m a sick child. My head is splitting and I’ve been running all night with dysentery. Mostly I’m just exhausted… Read More »Sunday April 5, 1942
April 5, 1942
Sunday. Easter. No rest from bombers all day. Evening a large thunderhead full of lightning up north put on quite a show. Really was something… Read More »April 5, 1942
April 4, 1942
Again no bombing today. This makes two days with no bombs. We had a couple of alarms, but nothing came over. One dive bomber was… Read More »April 4, 1942
April 4, 1942
HQ, Bataan The Americans in HPD are burning their papers. Others are packing their maps and clothes. They are transferring to Corregidor. This… Read More »April 4, 1942
April 4th, Saturday
Holy Saturday. Situation same. 31st Inf not yet committed by Il Corps, 57th Inf PS moving from I to support Il Corps. Front of Subsector… Read More »April 4th, Saturday
April 4, 1942
The Japanese are trying hard to take Bataan. There are planes dominating the skies of this unfortunate Bataan province. Artillery shells reaching now as far… Read More »April 4, 1942