Jan. 12, 1945
January 12, 1945
Tremendous explosions, rifle and machine gun fire in city
Carl E. Rice
(1877 — 1950). Veteran of Spanish-American War; served in Immigration Service; Senior Administrative Assistant in the Manila Base Quartermaster Depot. Married to a Filipina, he was eventually interned in Santo Tomas.
Jan. 13, 1945
January 13, 1945
Bombers went north; heavy bombing in hills beyond Marquina River. We have very little food, only 1/4 pint of weed soup at noon. The night
Jan. 14, 1945
January 14, 1945
Planes came at 10am, quite PM except for fires and far away explosions, at night.
Jan. 16, 1945
January 16, 1945
Planes at work again, very heavy bombing all day, to north and east, far away big fires to N and W. *****WE ARE VERY HUNGRY,
Jan. 19, 1945
January 19, 1945
Many heavy explosions during night, heavy bombing in nearby provinces.
Jan. 21, 1945
January 21, 1945
Distant flashes last night like gunfire, fire glares to north, big bombers heavily bombed Marquina, great columns of dust and debris, heavy explosions about 500
Jan. 23, 1945
January 23, 1945
Heavy bombings in Valley and closer, anti-air fragments came through our roof, wounding two.
Jan. 24, 25, 26, 1945
January 26, 1945
Some bombing, many planes pass over toward the north.
Jan. 27, 1945
January 27, 1945
Last night was noisy, distant bombing and cannon fire toward Lake area, this morning planes bombing so near and low we can see the STAR,
Jan. 28, 1945
January 28, 1945
Sunday, a big day, huge oil fire in direction of Cavite; terrific explosions in port area, dust and gasses thousands of feet in air; our
Jan. 29, 1945
January 29, 1945
A very noisy night, explosions through the City; today two heavy explosions in port area and many smaller ones, look like Piers.
Jan. 30, 1945
January 30, 1945
Conditions in Camp continue to get worse; altho (sp) the soybean mash, after Japs have processed it for most of its food values still has some nourishment
Jan. 31, 1945
January 31, 1945
The city is trembling from the blasting of buildings and piers by Japs, also much bombing in the suburbs, three of the fastest planes we
Feb. 1st, 1945
February 1, 1945
A noisy night, not much sleep, loud explosions all night as Japs used demolition bombs in port area, great fires in Cavite Province; very distant
Feb. 2nd, 1945
February 2, 1945
Much blasting in and around Manila, planes over us but no bombing. Every morning for the last few days we have been up before daylight;
FEBRUARY 3, 1945*******************
February 3, 1945
All last night great explosions of oil and ammunition dumps in the Maraquina Valley; Terrific fires the length of the valley; This is a very
Feb. 4, 1945
February 4, 1945
The liberated part of camp had good field rations this breakfast even though the soldiers were very short of food; but we had no breakfast; we
Feb. 5, 1945
February 5, 1945
This morning before six o’clock there was much moving around in the Japs rooms and loud commands, a sergeant camp looking for Mr. MOSS, interpreter,
Feb. 6, 1945
February 6, 1945
Camp is crawling with so-called war correspondents, photographers, and Red Cross workers; Red Cross have plenty of smiles and sympathy but nothing much else but
Feb. 7, 1945
February 7, 1945
Shelling of Camp continues; Gen MacArthur visited Camp; at 2PM I was in Main Building to send radio, and hurried away from the crowd at
Feb. 8, 1945
February 8, 1945
Daylight brought some lull and good breakfast; I at last got my longed for bread and butter; went to Gym and found my clothes but
Friday, Feb. 9th, 1945
February 9, 1945
Had a night’s sleep last night in spite of shells flying overhead toward the Japs south of the river; this morning the roar of battle
Saturday, Feb. 10th, 1945
February 10, 1945
All last night was an inferno; our guns firing over the Camp from the Cemetery, How they roared and crashed; shells whizzed, screeched, fluttered and
Sunday, Feb. 11, 1945
February 11, 1945
Terrific battle south side of river, only sniping this side; the batteries this side keep up fast firing over our heads. Only a few Jap
Feb. 12, 1945, Monday
February 12, 1945
Had a good night’s sleep; had butter, bread, mush, sugar, milk, cigarettes, smoking tobacco for breakfast; battle rages, Japs are slaughtering thousands. Cannot get out
Feb. 13, 1945, Tuesday
February 13, 1945
Many wounded civilians arriving from Malate; many of our sick moved to Quezon Institute to make room in the 5 Field Hospital for wounded. I