November 5, 1944
Airraid at 7:30 a.m. Could hear our planes before alarms went. Heavy bombing at Zablan, Nichols, and Neilson air fields. Several dog fights. I saw… Read More »November 5, 1944
Airraid at 7:30 a.m. Could hear our planes before alarms went. Heavy bombing at Zablan, Nichols, and Neilson air fields. Several dog fights. I saw… Read More »November 5, 1944
Had another bad night with four air raids. Attended 7 a.m. Mass and received Holy Communion.
Last night was quiet, but this morning 36 American planes flew over, and I was very frightened for fear of a raid. We carried Dolly… Read More »November 5, 1944
Today we reached the Philippines. We disembarked in Leyte harbour, and this is how it was done. In the well deck of Casa Grande were… Read More »5 November 1944
This was a thrilling and exhausting day! Five air raids! During the first raid, we watched over two hundred of our bombers dropping their loads… Read More »November 5, 1944
Jerry and Charles and I talked of Oura’s bellowing rampage at roll call, making Kaito lose face. It goes back to yesterday when Yamato told… Read More »November 5, 1944
Just came out of the shelter so I’m quite dirty right now. The bombing was quite stiff and the mud on the sides started to… Read More »November 5, 1944
7:27am to 4:19pm waves of planes, heavy bombing near camp.
Very heavy raids all day today – there must have been six waves altogether – the first raid this afternoon was the most savage we… Read More »November 5, 1944