July 19, 1972 Wednesday
11:35 PM July 19, 1972 Wednesday Malacañan Palace Manila We have one of the worst floods in years. Almost all of Western Luzon is under… Read More »July 19, 1972 Wednesday
11:35 PM July 19, 1972 Wednesday Malacañan Palace Manila We have one of the worst floods in years. Almost all of Western Luzon is under… Read More »July 19, 1972 Wednesday
9:15 PM July 12, 1972Wednesday Malacañan Palace Manila 1st MIG and Gen. Paranis report that witnesses now in the custody of the military testify to… Read More »July 12, 1972 Wednesday
0900 Devotional… Most of the day was spent in trying to get things organized. Sea quite rough; we are going north around the noth point… Read More »Day 33, 24 Oct. 1945 at sea
The Times today carried two remarkable stories, both hand-outs of the military press corps. The first comes from Yiojima. “With the fighting on Yiojima reaching… Read More »21st March 1945
On the 8th of every month, which is set aside all over Japan to commemorate the imperial rescript declaring war, Vargas pays his respects at… Read More »8th March 1945
As the Asahi puts it, with typical bombast, “the American troops have at last set their dirty shoes on the soil of Luzon.” the paper… Read More »11th January 1945
Not all the Japanese are unaware of how things are going. Today a Japanese admitted to me that the situation looked “hopeless”. The Americans, he… Read More »10th January 1945
Breakfast — thick lugao made of rice and rice flour and a small ladle of coco milk. Made hot water and made soup of coco… Read More »January 8, 1945
Strike Luzon Northern end. Bad weather again. Cold and rainy. First strike took off at 1045. Hit shipping. Set 10 ships afire.