March 9, 1942
MIS, HQ, Bataan Heard Mass. Mass was celebrated beside a huge boulder under a tall tree. I was the server and a very clumsy one… Read More »March 9, 1942
1942
March 9, 1942
The Java situation looks grave and I suppose Rangoon can’t hold out very long. Treachery entered into both these situations. In this war it seems… Read More »March 9, 1942
March 9, 1942
Didn’t do much. Lay around letting a sore on my foot heal and getting rid of diarr. Rumored we got Silver Stars for Subic Bay… Read More »March 9, 1942
March 8, 1942 — Sunday
I saw the District Engineer and I asked him to study another road below the mountain. In the afternoon he reported that he had found… Read More »March 8, 1942 — Sunday
Sunday, March 8, 1942
ABDA area is gone. Java is occupied almost completely. The task of reorganizing a command in S.W. Pacific is under study. Australians have made a… Read More »Sunday, March 8, 1942
March 8, 1942
Feast of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of a hospital bearing his name. The civilian occupants are members of the different religious communities: the… Read More »March 8, 1942
Mar. 8, 1942
We are not starving but we thoroughly crave accustomed food. There is a definite unbalance to our diet besides the fact of only two meals a day.… Read More »Mar. 8, 1942
March 8, 1942
Ferrer wanted in Fort Santiago again. Sent a messenger to fetch him from his house. He couldn’t go to office today. He went to the… Read More »March 8, 1942
March 8, 1942
MIS, HQ, Bataan Zamboanga has been occupied at 4:35 yesterday afternoon. Pao Sen, deputy commander of Chinese Red Army was killed during Jap attack on… Read More »March 8, 1942