Clarence Shearer
Pharmacist’s Mate, U.S. Navy, captured on Corregidor, May 6, 1942. P.O.W. in Old Bilibid prison, Manila, until liberated on February 5, 1945.
June 8th 1942
June 8, 1942
Rice for three meals. Soup from a little meat, onions and tomatoes for two meals.
June 9th 1942
June 9, 1942
Rice for three meals. Thin soup with tomatoes and eggplant for one meal.
June 13th 1942
June 13, 1942
Three meals of rice only. There was a food delivery late this afternoon of Rice — 770 pounds; beef– 350 pounds, frozen; tomatoes — 250
June 14th 1942
June 14, 1942
726 pounds of rice received. Moldy, dirty, and filled with weevils and worms.