November 6/7, 1944*
[*Note: In the manuscript this entry is dated November 9, 1944, but it is followed by November 8, 1944 and then November 9, 1944. This… Read More »November 6/7, 1944*
[*Note: In the manuscript this entry is dated November 9, 1944, but it is followed by November 8, 1944 and then November 9, 1944. This… Read More »November 6/7, 1944*
Alerts throughout the night, but no bombs dropped. Watkins has an amazing collection of souvenirs to send home. Among them is a pink merry-go-round about… Read More »7 November 1944
I shall never be able to express how | have widened my mind and horizon in the confinement of this prison camp, not only through… Read More »November 7, 1944
At 4 A.M., my aide and I stepped out of the hospital door to watch our bombers dive-bombing into the Bay Area. It was a… Read More »November 7, 1944
Saw some of the Jap troops that arrived recently. They looked haggard, unkempt, underfed. Their shoes were made of black cloth and some were dragging… Read More »November 7, 1944
Evacuees from Manila told us that last Sunday, the 5th of the month, was a record peak in the number and intensity of bombings. From… Read More »November 7, 1944
Quiet today – And the morale drops, of course – And we are always to have bombing and then quiet! I have been reading “The Life… Read More »November 7, 1944
Two young Jap prisoners brought aboard today. Nothing exciting except for a couple short GQs.
Much the same as before with Japs becoming scarcer each day but still making nightly appearances one at a time. This was more or less… Read More »1-7 November 1944