August 14, 1945, Tuesday
The Lieutenant came and told us that Admiral Nimitz is now conferring with the Japanese officials, probably on the terms of the Armistice. Some consider… Read More »August 14, 1945, Tuesday
The Lieutenant came and told us that Admiral Nimitz is now conferring with the Japanese officials, probably on the terms of the Armistice. Some consider… Read More »August 14, 1945, Tuesday
Tokyo was still silent on peace today and the rumor spread that an atomic bomb would be dropped on the capital if the American terms… Read More »14th August 1945
Monday the 13th is considered by some as a bad day. It was for Luis, one of our two orderlies. He was taken by ambulance… Read More »August 13, 1945, Monday
The American reply to Japan’s peace offer has been announced by San Francisco. Delivered yesterday the 12th it demands that the authority of the emperor… Read More »13th August 1945
After Mass and breakfast, while I was inside our quarters, pandemonium broke out down below. Everybody was jumping and yelling, “War is over!”. We all… Read More »August 12, 1945, Sunday
All the world knows that the Japanese are ready to surrender except the Japanese, A rumor ran through the Village today that Japan had made… Read More »12th August 1945
I sneaked up to Gora today to see how the Soviet diplomats were getting along._The village itself was quiet; the streets were almost deserted; the… Read More »11th August 1945
White House in Washington confirmed that a surrender offer had been received from Japan. The news of the previous day came only from a newspaper… Read More »August 11, 1945 Saturday
The Soviet declaration of war has thrown this diplomatic hideout into a turmoil even louder and more confused than the new bomb. Even those who… Read More »10th August 1945