Day 17, 8 October 1945 –Manila Bay
Arrived in Manila early this AM; I got up at 0715 and we were just passing Corregidor. The Bay is full os [of] ships; I… Read More »Day 17, 8 October 1945 –Manila Bay
1945
Day 16, 7 Oct. 1945
0930 Service… 450 att. Rosary. 85… 1045 We saw LAND to Starboard. Land about 55 miles away. looked awfully good after not seeing any since… Read More »Day 16, 7 Oct. 1945
Thurs. Oct. 4, 1945
Lv Clark Field 8:15 A.M., Arr. Yontan Field, Okinawa, 1:25 P.M., reported to rear echelon XXIV Corps. [The Philippine portion of the diary ends here]
2-Oct.-45
One sees rice fields at various places around here, but this isn’t the main rice producing section of the Philippines. They grow many of the… Read More »2-Oct.-45
Tues. Oct. 2, 1945
Lv Antipolo 4:45 PM, proceeded to Nichols Field, Manila, boarded a C-46, flew to Clark Field.
28-Sept-45
We disembarked from the ship this a.m. at 1000 by a landing barge. Trucks picked us up as soon as we got ashore and brought… Read More »28-Sept-45
27-Sept-45
This morning at around 0700 we pulled into Manila Harbor and dropped anchor some distance from shore. Toward evening at around 1700 we pulled anchor… Read More »27-Sept-45
26-Sept.-45
Have been sailing within the sight of land all day. All of the islands that we are passing through are all a part of the… Read More »26-Sept.-45
Wed. Sept. 26, 1945
Visited Manila.