Dale E. Detrick

Medical Corps member.

September 23, 1945

We sighted the Philippines at 11:00 today and remained in sight of the islands the rest of the day. At around 1730 this evening we

September 24, 1945

We are still in the harbor off the coast of Leyte. We were supposed to unload the patients here that we have aboard but the

September 25, 1945

At 10:30 this a.m. the patients that we had aboard were unloaded. I believe that there was a 150 of them. At 1630 we took

September 26, 1945

Have been sailing within the sight of land all day. All of the islands that we are passing through are all a part of the

September 27, 1945

This morning at around 0700 we pulled into Manila Harbor and dropped anchor some distance from shore. Toward evening at around 1700 we pulled anchor

September 28, 1945

We disembarked from the ship this a.m. at 1000 by a landing barge. Trucks picked us up as soon as we got ashore and brought

October 2, 1945

One sees rice fields at various places around here, but this isn’t the main rice producing section of the Philippines. They grow many of the