January 20, 1942 – Tuesday
After breakfast, we left with General Francisco to Juanting Point along the Manila Bay coast of Bataan to inspect our coast defenses. I inspected… Read More »January 20, 1942 – Tuesday
1942
January 20th, 1942
Townsville is a small town, they say, and hard to dock in, but we have to get supplies and clean linen. Lt. Colonel Maitland, whom… Read More »January 20th, 1942
January 19, 1942
This has been a very quiet day, not only on Corregidor, but also at the front. There have been no planes over here, and none… Read More »January 19, 1942
January 19, 1942
I filed my insurance application for P10,000. My beneficiaries were Mama and Joaquin. Returning in the afternoon from the Battalion Headquarters, I was notified by… Read More »January 19, 1942
January 19, 1942
Start of 7th week of hate. Saw four 40s in the air today. Sure looked good. If they would only bring one in for me… Read More »January 19, 1942
January 19, 1942*
*probably erroneously published as January 18, 1942 in the printed version According to the information I gathered, the condition of the internees has greatly improved. The… Read More »January 19, 1942*
January 19, 1942
Four or five hundred of our fellow members jammed into the west patio of the Big House after curfew, for a community sing. The walls… Read More »January 19, 1942
January 19, 1942 – Monday
Got up at 6 a.m. Shaved & dressed. Took launch Baler at 7 a.m. for Cabcaben. Arrived there 7:30 a.m. Lieutenant Monsod aide to General… Read More »January 19, 1942 – Monday
January 19, 1942
HQ, Intelligence Service Bataan Report of operatives on general trend of affairs in Manila: Japs have enforced martial law in City. Death penalty to… Read More »January 19, 1942