Nov. 2nd No action – but more rumors – a relief ship is supposed to have left Japan for Vladivostok to pick up relief supplies

[138] Still no action. Rumors thick & fast. Atimonan, Maubau, Lamon Bay, Infanta, Vigan, Lingayen – We hear of a great naval victory off Formosa

No action – the morale is very low – jail sentences for stealing rice and mush, or for collecting two meals on one meal ticket.

Very heavy raids all day today – there must have been six waves altogether – the first raid this afternoon was the most savage we

Quiet today – And the morale drops, of course – And we are always to have bombing and then quiet! I have been reading “The Life

Quiet again – The Japanese are bringing more war materials into this camp for protection – The front grounds are covered with generators, engines, truck

[144] We hear Roosevelt was re-elected – Electoral vote 400+ to 100+, popular vote 18 million to 16 million – From the total of the

Nov. 10th Still no action – Morale very low – Worse than the shortage of food is the shortage of tobacco – Tobacco stills hunger

Nov. 11th No action – The Japanese today distributed to the garden workers 1 pkg tobacco, 1 cake soap, 2 boxes matches & 6 bananas

Nov. 12th – No action – I am too tired to write.

Nov. 13th The heaviest raid yet – wave after wave all day – This afternoon 13 torpedo planes flew over the camp at 300 feet

Nov. 14th Raids all day – this is fine – It is interesting to note that we have no deaths on air-raid days – Perhaps

Nov. 15th All quiet again – These raids seem to last two days then stop – The Japanese claim they annihilated our task force off

Nov. 16th — No action – I spent the day reading the Modern Library [150] edition of Freud – I realize the importance of this

Nov. 17th What I have expected has come to pass – our camp reserves of rice are exhausted. And starting tomorrow we will receive only

Nov. 18th When the Committee saw the Commandant about an increased ration, he told them “You do not realize that Japan is fighting a total

Nov 19th The air-raid signal sounded at 6:00 AM today – There had been bombing to the South since 5:30 – some of our planes

Nov. 20th Perhaps bodies are not the determining factor in our lives – Wilfred Grenfell, Marie Curie, Pasteur, Mozart, Beethoven, Schiller – all worked under

Nov. 21st The air-raid siren went off at 4:25 AM. Now it is after 10 o’clock, the air-raid alarm is still on, not a plane

Nov. 22nd Still under Air-alert. Some internees say they heard all night the rumbling of guns & flickering of lights far to the South –

Nov. 23rd No action – few rumors – Thanksgiving menu – 1 scoop rice, 4 oz thin vegetable gravy, 1 oz radish tops – But,

Nov. 25th Air-raid siren at 7:30 – Bombing has started. At 4:00 PM the air raid alarm is still on – The bombing has been

[173] Nov 26th I have had a talk with some of our doctors — they told me that the No. of deaths will increase greatly

Nov 27th In bed – fever – diarrhea – Sulfaguanidine – paregoric30 – utterly miserable – Slept nearly all day – Very dizzy & weak

Nov. 28th Still in bed – The pathologist says the dysentery is worse – Still miserable – Thank God we have had the Flexner bacillus

[176] Nov. 29th Well, my week is up and so far I have heard of no great developments. I want to write in here a