March 31-April 7, 1942
On Mar 31 & April 7 Little Baguio hospital was bombed. Two nurses, Misses Hozen & Paliner had shrapnel wounds minor injuries. Sgt. Spielhofer lost… Read More »March 31-April 7, 1942
April 1942
April 7, 1942
Maj Swanson, Lts Nardini & Langdon (USN) Lt Rose arrived to Lelpant. All in confusion. 4700 is census & they are turning in by the… Read More »April 7, 1942
April 7, 1942
Asked Duran if he knows why F.S. wants me. He said: “Sorry Vic, I don’t know. Major Nishimura was in my house last night and… Read More »April 7, 1942
April 6, 1942
HQ, Bataan More men retreating, more stragglers, the rear area has become the front. Japs keep on following their gains, bombing, shelling, blasting,… Read More »April 6, 1942
April 6, 1942
A three-hundred-pound teen-age girl came to our room this morning with a pair of shoes that she wanted to raffle off at twenty centavos a… Read More »April 6, 1942
6 April 1942
0205 One friendly plane took off. 0615 One Jap observation plane sighted. 0858 – 1615 Twelve air attacks by groups of 2 – 9 planes… Read More »6 April 1942
April 6, 1942
Situation doesn’t look good in Bataan tonight. Philippine Army troops have been bombed and strafed so much that their morale is not good. In addition,… Read More »April 6, 1942
April 6, 1942
Monday Manila Bay I don’t know whether we should call this the Battle of Manila Bay or not. In many respects it was exceedingly unsatisfactory.… Read More »April 6, 1942
April 6th, Monday
Situation no change. Troops in Subsector D have completely disintegrated. I Corps lines withdrawn in order to reform.