March 20, 1942
Quiet day. The food ration is pity-ful (sic) now. Enough to keep you from starving but not enough to do much work on. One day’s… Read More »March 20, 1942
1942
March 19, 1942
Still haven’t heard anything from Gen. MacArthur. I send him the daily operations report, and have asked him numerous questions as to procedure and policy,… Read More »March 19, 1942
Thursday, March 19, 1942
MacArthur is out of Philippine Islands. Now Supreme Commander of “Southwest Pacific Area”. The newspapers acclaim the move -the public has built itself a hero… Read More »Thursday, March 19, 1942
March 19, 1942 – Thursday
We arrived at Oroquieta, Misamis at 6:30 a.m. and were docked by 7 a.m. The people of the town thinking we were Japanese ran into… Read More »March 19, 1942 – Thursday
March 19, 1942
Not much doing, O.D. so spent most of my time at Gen. Geo.’s shack listening to the radio. KGEI really putting out some good programs… Read More »March 19, 1942
March 18, 1942 – Wednesday
We left Panubigan at 8:30 a.m. Arrived at Bais Sugar Central at 12:30 p.m., tired and sleepy. Slept a good siesta until 3 p.m. When… Read More »March 18, 1942 – Wednesday
March 18, 1942
I’ll be a physical and mental wreck yet. At the last minute we received word that seven Jap destroyers were cruising around in the very… Read More »March 18, 1942
March 18, 1942
Spent day working on officers mess. MacArthur and George now in Australia. MacA. in high command of all United Nations forces. Maybe he and Gen.… Read More »March 18, 1942
March 17, 1942 – Tuesday
After breakfast I asked permission to go to Bacolod to buy some things I needed and leave that atmosphere of nerves and shouting. Father Ortiz… Read More »March 17, 1942 – Tuesday