October 8, 1942
Murders and robberies were the order of the day. Yesterday, the proprietor of Malate Taxi was found dead from blows dealt on him in his… Read More »October 8, 1942
1942
October 7, 1942
Maj. Suguiyama, the Japanese Kempeitai supervisor of BCA, sent an investigator to San Lazaro Hospital to find out details of my hospitalization. Apparently, he learned I… Read More »October 7, 1942
October 7, 1942
Last night I was awakened by gunfire. I could clearly hear the sound of machine guns, rifles and mortar fire. The fighting occurred outside of… Read More »October 7, 1942
November 7, 1942
Last night a real terror – Left Manila about noon as part of big convoy – Really sort of glad to leave Philippines but even… Read More »November 7, 1942
Oct. 7, 1942
This running account of events is being started at this time being a set of correlations of events extracted chiefly from the Diary of Lt.… Read More »Oct. 7, 1942
October 6, 1942
Yesterday and today we saw big groups of American prisoners being transported, probably to Japan or Mindanao. Their appearance was pitiful. They had their small… Read More »October 6, 1942
October 5, 1942
We are very peaceful here as we cannot hear any shooting to disturb the tranquility of our surroundings. Yesterday morning planes flew over a short… Read More »October 5, 1942
October 3, 1942
We arrived at Estrella’s place in San Carlos at 4:30 a.m. A USAFFE car passed us on the road and they were kind enough to… Read More »October 3, 1942
October 1, 1942
Today makes four months since Coné was taken prisoner and I am wondering how well he is doing on his meager rations. We are packing… Read More »October 1, 1942