Jacob Wendell Beck

(April 4, 1912 — December 12, 2004). Presbyterian Minister. Chaplain in the U.S. Army.

October 7, 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

October 8, 1945

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

October 9, 1945

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

October 10, 1945

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

October 20, 1945

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

October 21, 1945

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

October 22, 1945

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

October 23, 1945

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

October 24, 1945

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

December 25, 1945

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