April 15, 1942
No sugar. Rice and buggy oats. Many artillery shell duds from Corregidor. No news of any kind since last news broadcast on night of April… Read More »April 15, 1942
No sugar. Rice and buggy oats. Many artillery shell duds from Corregidor. No news of any kind since last news broadcast on night of April… Read More »April 15, 1942
Yesterday 99.3 degrees. Wolff went out today. Japanese claim Cebu City in their hands. Corregidor guns demolished. Reports of bombing in various spots. Quiet overhead… Read More »April 15, 1942
Back to Lubuagan. The road is in very bad shape. There have been a lot of slides that were only partially removed. As soon as… Read More »April 15, 1942
Then on April 9-1942 General King of Air [Artillery] Corp surrendered troops of Bataan to Nips. Then started on hike to O’Donnell. Hiked 4 days… Read More »April 9-15, 1942
Temperature 98, no air activity, and little interest in this sector. Finished reading “Raleigh’s i^den” by Fletcher. Excellent Carolina Revolution story.
We listen to KREI [KGEI] each night. The platitudinous nothings mouthed by the commentators about “China’s brave fight” make me sick. Why in the hell,… Read More »April 15, 1942
Condition of the day is fair. We cleaned our barracks and its surroundings this morning. I still feel weak due to the little rations we… Read More »April 15, 1942
Marched from K. 111 to K. 81, and got same sugar cane. One fellow was shot. Received food from the Filipinos.
Almost no hopes are entertained for Corregidor. Even the Americans admit they can hold out for only a few days more. The situation there must… Read More »April 15, 1942