May 20, 1942
Lt. Col. Nakar’s unsurrendered USFIP Unit in NL were remnants of 11th & 71st Div. cut off from Bataan, reorganized per Gen. MacArthur’s order as… Read More »May 20, 1942
Jonathan Wainwright
May 10, 1942
We were taken down to the barrio market again today for questioning— seventeen of us on the USFIP staff. This time the questioning was done… Read More »May 10, 1942
May 10,1942
I learned today that even if Gen. Jonathan Wainwright attempted to surrender only Corregidor and the surrounding Fortresses at Caballo, Carabao and El Fraile Island, (Forts Mills,… Read More »May 10,1942
May 9, 1942
Nothing noteworthy has happened today. We are all confined to lateral #10 and a guard is at the entrance. Last night they brought over a… Read More »May 9, 1942
May 8, 1942
I had not yet gotten up when an interpreter came and said that I was wanted for questioning. I dressed at once and went with… Read More »May 8, 1942
May 8, 1942
T:V.T. headline—Corregidor falls. Gen. Wainwright surrenders all American and Filipino troops in the islands. Much conjecturing as to fate of internees. Are we to be… Read More »May 8, 1942
Friday, May 8, 1942
Early in the morning I conferred with Assistant to the Manager Tiongson and Overseer Ybiernas of Banga about the surrender of Gen. Wainwright, and the… Read More »Friday, May 8, 1942
May 8, 1942
Corregidor Fars. Despite the morning headline, people still refused to believe. But when on the next page of the Nishi-Nishi they saw a picture of… Read More »May 8, 1942
May 5-8, 1942
The evening of May 5 we were all told to get dressed, that the Japanese were already on the island. All army nurses slept in… Read More »May 5-8, 1942