May 7, 1945
IT WAS 1,246 days ago today when I started scribbling the first page of this notebook. It has since then become my inseparable companion, my… Read More »May 7, 1945
IT WAS 1,246 days ago today when I started scribbling the first page of this notebook. It has since then become my inseparable companion, my… Read More »May 7, 1945
A series of conferences began between Mr. Sanvictores on the one hand, and Col. Forbes and Lt. Severance on the other. The Colonel would allow… Read More »May 7, 1945 Monday
There was quite a heavy downpour today. A French brother laughed after Mass: “It’s a hailstorm. But now it is no longer Heil Hitler but… Read More »6th May 1945
We heard a Mass said for us. That was the first Mass I attended since March.
About 800 families, who were burnt out in the last raid on Tokyo, have set up housekeeping in their air-raid shelters, reports the Times. A… Read More »5th May 1945
In General Head Quarters in the field.
The Times today publishes in translation the letter of a Japanese mother, written to a lieutenant in the Shimbu unit of the special attack corps… Read More »4th May 1945
“Is it true that Hitler has been killed?” asked our maid this morning. I told her that it was only a rumor but that it… Read More »3rd May 1945
Americans on board are going crazy over souvenirs of ₱5000 Japanese bills with our signature. We were told to get ready. We did not actually… Read More »May 3, 1945 Thursday