Day 16, 7 Oct. 1945
0930 Service… 450 att. Rosary. 85… 1045 We saw LAND to Starboard. Land about 55 miles away. looked awfully good after not seeing any since
0930 Service… 450 att. Rosary. 85… 1045 We saw LAND to Starboard. Land about 55 miles away. looked awfully good after not seeing any since
Arrived in Manila early this AM; I got up at 0715 and we were just passing Corregidor. The Bay is full os [of] ships; I
We came into Pier 15 at about 1300: a steel Pontoon pier; didn’t take long to debark troops. The AAF men got into trucks, and
We pulled out into the stream at 0700 with instructions that we were to return at 1700 to embark troops. At 1530 they signaled for
1000 devotional A lovely day. But the ship is a mess; not enuf well people to keep it clean. Making good time. Spent some time
0930 General Service on deck; 150 att. Hosp. service at 1030… 52 att. CH Moscinski held mass this afternoon… 44 att. Things are really fouled
Arrived Manila Bay at 0800… to anchorage; we went in to Pier 15 at 1800 and began to debark at 2000 and were done at
Advance Party came aboard at 0815. Sullivan and I went ashore to get speaker repaired and films exchanged; spent all day being run from one
0900 Devotional… Most of the day was spent in trying to get things organized. Sea quite rough; we are going north around the noth point
Xmas service in mess hall at 3 p.m. Germans sang Xmas carol in Deutsch -Chinese sang New National Anthem in Chinese- We sang Filipino National