Fri. Oct. 27, 1944
P-38 fighters arrived.
P-38 fighters arrived.
One air attack early in morning – rest of day quite. Air attack in evening and General Quarters ALL night. Jap bomber hit beach in… Read More »27 October 1944
GQ at 0500. The other force was being attacked. We could see the AA fire from here. We were left alone. Secured at 0800. Up… Read More »27 October 1944
Just another day of GQs and again we were lucky, as a crippled Jap missed us and hit the ship on our starboard beam exploding… Read More »27 October 1944
The soldiers are commandeering horses, calesas, bicycles and push carts, and the people are forced to hide them. As a consequence, there is an even… Read More »October 26, 1944
This morning at 9:00 a.m. 20 American planes flew over us. We all expected a raid but instead they flew towards Capiz. The rumor is… Read More »October 26, 1944
Another smuggled Nishi-Nishi reported: “A large American convoy had been sighted northeast of the Philippines. At Leyte, the Japanese had retired to the hills to… Read More »October 26, 1944
Air alert sounded at 0755 this date. Secure at 1615.
Were daily air raid alarms but no bombings, the Japs are very nervous and it’s dangerous to be caught out of bounds, many have been… Read More »Oct. 20 to 26, 1944