Tuesday, Jan, 30th, 1945
Mr. Ball and Mrs. Shuman died yesterday. Mr. Ball was in our civilian jail for obtaining an extra breakfast, poor fellow. The soup for the… Read More »Tuesday, Jan, 30th, 1945
Mr. Ball and Mrs. Shuman died yesterday. Mr. Ball was in our civilian jail for obtaining an extra breakfast, poor fellow. The soup for the… Read More »Tuesday, Jan, 30th, 1945
San Francisco! Beautiful lights. Five o’clock in the morning cold—after thirty years—excited, surely. An immigration officer got hold of us and almost put us up… Read More »34th Day, Jan. 29, 1945
A very noisy night, explosions through the City; today two heavy explosions in port area and many smaller ones, look like Piers.
Col. Chaffee of Col. Whitney’s section arrived on the plane,. He was most agreeable but extremely uninformed about Mindanao. He did not know what areas… Read More »January 29, 1945
I went through the combed area downtown today, riding a streetcar, the only way to get past the police cordon. Several buildings were still smoking… Read More »29th of January 1945
Rec’d S.O. No. 21, Hq. 6th Army rc’d asgmt. and dy POAU #1 & asgd PCAU #3 eff. 29 Jan.
Due to the episode yesterday, the gate was closed and we received no supplies. So the Commandant voided his agreement with General Commandant concerning our… Read More »Mon. Jan. 29/45
We are now in Honolulu—about 4 a.m. It’s Sunday again. Here we are met by two fine young American officers—Lt. Knuze and Lt. Johnson. We… Read More »33rd Day, Jan. 28, 1945
At Kwajalein, Marshall group, early this morning. Airplanes all over the place. I feel great to be here—another place that a few months ago was… Read More »32nd Day, Jan. 28, 1945