December 28, 1944
No air raids; very quiet. We started the day with just mush. No sugar, milk or coffee. Two small ladles of mush 70% rice 30%… Read More »December 28, 1944
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Dec. 28, 1944
In the broiling sun, on our mat rolls, we lay surrounded by straw bags, cloth bags, and jumbled possessions, a perspiring, tired, confused crowd. About… Read More »Dec. 28, 1944
December 28, 1944
Dec. 28th – No action – Tonight at 7:00 P.M. my good friend, the former monitor of our room, Woody Wilson died – Swollen with beri-beri,… Read More »December 28, 1944
Dec. 26, 27, 28, 1944
Bombings and fires, also night and day have many explosions about Manila and suburbs, Japs are evidently destroying supplies and the piers.
1st day, December 28, 1944
We leave [Panay] today early, with Osorio as our objective for the night. The day is cloudy and the sun has not come out with… Read More »1st day, December 28, 1944
December 27, 1944 — Wednesday
We had breakfast with Colonel Bradley Commanding Officer 8th Cavalry Regiment. We were then informed that a B-25 has crashed landed in the bay not… Read More »December 27, 1944 — Wednesday
December 27, 1944
[41] Dec. 27th – No action today – The Japanese are going to cut our ration again – Well, it means just so much more determination… Read More »December 27, 1944
27 December 1944
We were waked very early this morning, long before daybreak, and marched about a quarter of a mile to a pier where we were forced… Read More »27 December 1944
December 26, 1944 — Tuesday
Left 9 a.m. with General H.F. Hoffman Commanding General 2nd Cavalry Brigade and Colonel Crossman for Catbalogan. Arrived there at 1:10 p.m. At 2 p.m.… Read More »December 26, 1944 — Tuesday