December 31, 1944 — Sunday
Left at 3:30 p.m. from home to Tacloban airfield. Left on an L-5 at 4:45 p.m. landed Burauen air strip at 5 p.m. This is… Read More »December 31, 1944 — Sunday
Left at 3:30 p.m. from home to Tacloban airfield. Left on an L-5 at 4:45 p.m. landed Burauen air strip at 5 p.m. This is… Read More »December 31, 1944 — Sunday
Lots of planes around last night. Mostly Japs I guess, but probably some of ours were over. Chow — about on a par with yesterday.… Read More »December 31, 1944
[Separate sheet with date] Dec. 31st In the midst of life we are in death – Pleasant thought – but true of us – The… Read More »December 31, 1944
The committee on housing met and thrashed out a plan and map, but when it was posted with locations and a key diagram, there was… Read More »Dec. 31, 1944
Bombings and fires, night flares and glare of distant fires.
Lv. beach 6:00 P.M., anchored in San Pedro Bay (Tacloban).
Early this morning, we are in front of Pt. Siaton. We just eat bananas for breakfast, I drink coconut water & eat its meat for… Read More »4th day, December 31,1944
Nothing unusual. Finished this morning hearing Torres’s case.
Started the day with rice lugao, but had an extra. Very weak coffee, sin leche, sin azucar. Small cup of vegetable soup. Of course there… Read More »December 30, 1944