Sunday Dec. 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
H & 2 went to Los Banos in car Took supper. Hicked to Look out point. Back to Ft McK. Thor & Peggy O’neill were
Clara L. Mueller
Clara L. Mueller Fensch (November 16, 1901 -- December 11, 1989), 2nd Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps; served in Bataan, Corregidor; P.O.W. in Santo Tomas, Manila.
Dec. 8, 1941
December 8, 1941
woke early & listened to news on Radio, Pearl Harbor had been attacked. ie were at war c Japan. Peggy & 2 rode to PX
March 31-April 7, 1942
April 7, 1942
On Mar 31 & April 7 Little Baguio hospital was bombed. Two nurses, Misses Hozen & Paliner had shrapnel wounds minor injuries. Sgt. Spielhofer lost
April 8, 1942
April 8, 1942
The last few days in Bataan there were many admissions of malaria & sane dysentery. Surgical wards were one crowded with medical cases. A few
April 17-21, 1942
April 21, 1942
When we heard the shelling on the outside usually directed at the batteries we would soon receive the casualties. Bombs dropping on the Malinta Hill
April 9-25, 1942
April 25, 1942
There was no more news from Bataan Gen’l King who surrendered to the Japanese was not again heard from. Later at Sta Tomas we learned
April 26-May 4, 1942
May 4, 1942
Chaplain Wilcox desk outside civilian lateral. Playing 500 Punimy with Helen Hennessy, Catherine Nan. Conrado, little Filipino boy from Mariveles Miss Nan’s charge. Walking to
May 5-8, 1942
May 8, 1942
The evening of May 5 we were all told to get dressed, that the Japanese were already on the island. All army nurses slept in
May 9-10, 1942
May 10, 1942
On May 9 Japanese put note in Japanese writing on curtain of nurses lateral evidently saying to “keep out” but still Japanese would came in