May 13, 1945 Sunday
Heard Mass. Something should be said about the people living in the island outside the penal colony. Up to today, nobody has ever sneered at… Read More »May 13, 1945 Sunday
Heard Mass. Something should be said about the people living in the island outside the penal colony. Up to today, nobody has ever sneered at… Read More »May 13, 1945 Sunday
The spy scare continues to mount. Japan is alone against the world and all foreigners are suspect. Chatting with other Filipinos in the lobby of… Read More »12th May 1945
A general meeting was called. Mr. Paredes explained that there had been thefts in our premises, quarrels, and the sanitation measures were not being observed.… Read More »May 12, 1945 Saturday
A small peace clique is now taking shape in Japan. One of its leaders is sopposed to be General Ugaki who has, according to the… Read More »11th May 1945
Three officers, a Colonel, a Lieutenant Colonel, and Major arrived. We thought that they came to investigate our respective cases. We soon learned that they… Read More »May 11, 1945 Friday
As the last breached wall of Hitler’s Reich crumbled and collapsed, Japan peered through the choking cloud of rumor, report, glimmering hope and thickening despair… Read More »10th May 1945
Everything was routine up to today. The classification had not yet arrived. An insinuation was made that we would be classified as officers and that… Read More »May 10, 1945 Thursday
Language has its subtle treacheries and they are probably nowhere more plentiful than in the ordinary translation from Japanese into English. This morning’s Times carries… Read More »9th May 1945
For the past four days the Japanese government and press have mourned for Hitler and his Reich, Mussolini and his Republic. In the afternoon of… Read More »7th May 1945