9th of April 1942
Day of the 9th Severe bombing and straffing of roads and areas all day. Amm. dumps active all day. Pappy explains continued aircraft activity. Night… Read More »9th of April 1942
1942
Night of 8th-9th April, 1942
Returned to Hdqts after futile attempt to clear North, South Road. Told of decision to surrender. 2:25 AM. Destruction of ammunition dumps. Force of explosions.… Read More »Night of 8th-9th April, 1942
April 9, 1942
Much air and artillery activity this morning. White flag hoisted at 10:00 A.M. Don’t like it at all. Red Cross flags hung all over hospital.… Read More »April 9, 1942
9 April 1942
Continued evacuation operations during the night. Pumped remaining CANOPUS fuel into lighter for further transfer to Corregidor, wrecked all machine tools, radio equipment, etc. on… Read More »9 April 1942
April 9, 1942
Thursday Off Alasasin Pt. My, My! What a day! We stood by all night getting ready to get underway. Meanwhile we noticed many fires being… Read More »April 9, 1942
April 9, 1942
During an air raid, we arrived here on Corregidor at noon. There are One hundred ten of us from the two Bataan Hospitals; ninety of… Read More »April 9, 1942
April 9, 1942
Rumors are that Bataan is having very heavy fighting. Plenty of bombers headed that way and there seems to be no opposition. It is even… Read More »April 9, 1942
April 9th 1942
Ed Williams (Col. F.A.) and Marshal Hurt (Maj. Inf) went forward at 2:30 with the white flag. We have surrendered. I am of course anxious… Read More »April 9th 1942
April 9, 1942
Gilter, Harris, OBrien, Nagel and Greer came up this afternoon. Had a large crowd for dinner.