We’re still tied to the dock. Mr Williams, the Red Cross man, says he’s trying to get a call through to Darwin in Australia, to get the low-down on where we’re going. I’ve got eight Pesos left, so we sent a Guard up town to buy us about three Pesos’ worth of milk chocolate – something to eat. Boy, I’m weak! Pass’ spends about an hour a day trimming his mustache – just something to do! Williams comes around again with cigarettes. This Red Cross sure is O.K.

William A. Fairfield
(? — October 1975), Engineering officer for the 19th Bombardment Group, Clark Field, Pampanga. Evacuated to Australia on the SS Mactan, 1942.
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January 8th, 1942
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