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Lewis C. Beebe

Lewis C. Beebe

(December 12, 1891 – February 2, 1951), Brigadier General; Assistant Chief of Staff, USAFFE (later, USFIP).

January 7, 1942

A beautiful sunrise this morning. This is one of the most magnificent settings imaginable, from a scenic point of view. Islands, mountains, sea, tropical foliage—one

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January 8, 1942

A very quiet day as far as I am concerned. We had no bombing again today, which caused much speculation as to reasons. My idea

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January 9, 1942

Another bombless day. Everyone is wondering what is keeping the Japs away for so long. They haven’t even bombed Bataan. However, I suppose they will

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January 10, 1942

Another bombless day. Had one air alarm this p.m. and learned that 23 Jap planes were reported in vicinity of Mariveles, but none visited us.

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January 11, 1942

Japs have scattered all kinds of propaganda in form of printed leaflets in areas occupied by Philippine Army troops, in attempt to get Filipinos to

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January 12, 1942

I feel rather out of sorts today with this cold. It is making good progress. Have been in to see the doctor but the stuff

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January 13, 1942

Still no bombing here, although they are getting it all the time in Bataan. Of course, the planes being used over there are only observation,

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January 14, 1942

Had a little excitement today for a change. We had a couple of false air raid alarms, and then a couple of real ones. They

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January 15, 1942

Jap planes flew around the island today, but don’t believe any came within range of the AA artillery. I imagine they have a healthy respect

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January 16, 1942

The Japs paid us a little visit again today and dropped a few bombs. However the damage was negligible. They lost several planes from the

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January 17, 1942

We are having an unusual amount of cloudy weather for the month of January. We had a little rain today also. The Japs had a

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January 18, 1942

It has been cloudy all day today, and there was a little rain. I have been taking a sunbath at noon each day for the

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January 19, 1942

This has been a very quiet day, not only on Corregidor, but also at the front. There have been no planes over here, and none

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January 20, 1942

It has been a beautiful day—quiet and peaceful as far as Corregidor is concerned. So far as I know not a plane has been over

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January 21, 1942

Has been very quiet all day as far as activity on Corregidor is concerned. There has been no air alarm, and so far as I

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January 22, 1942

I went over to Bataan today. The situation in our front has become so uncertain and confusing that the General decided last night to start

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January 23, 1942

The situation does not appear to have improved as things stand tonight. On the front of the I Corps the Japs still have the 1st

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January 24, 1942

One month ago tonight we came over to Corregidor. Am now starting the second month. In a relatively short time this war will be two

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January 25, 1942

It has been a little hot today—more so than it should be at this time of year. Being hot outside it was also a little

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January 26, 1942

Life was peaceful here today. It is sometimes hard to believe that we are in the middle of a war when the Japs let this

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January 27, 1942

The Japs are still holding out at Agloloma Bay and Pucat Hill. We shelled the Pucat Hill area again at 7:15 this a.m., using 12-inch

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January 28, 1942

Another beautiful day but nothing much in the way of action has taken place. The units are still in place on the Reserve Battle Position,

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January 29, 1942

A report came in this afternoon that the 57th Infantry has just about cleaned out its area at Longoskawayan Point. They have driven the Japs

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January 30, 1942

The general situation on Bataan remains unchanged. There has been some pressure against the front of both Corps, probably more in the way of a

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January 31, 1942

Had a very interesting trip around the island today with Gen. Moore— Commanding Harbor Defenses. He wanted to show me the general layout of the

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February 1, 1942

We had a flock of new promotions to General Officer today. Colonels Seals, Funk, George, Casey, and Pierce all promoted to B.G. [brigadier general]. The

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February 2, 1942

Apparently they had a nice party with the Jap barges trying to make a landing last night. They were discovered early in the evening, and

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February 3, 1942

The Legaspi arrived today, thank goodness, and her cargo was even better than we had any reason to expect. She had 17,000 sacks of rice

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February 3, 1942

The Legaspi arrived today, thank goodness, and her cargo was even better than we had any reason to expect. She had 17,000 sacks of rice

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February 4, 1942

They did not completely unload the Legaspi last night. About 4000 sacks of rice still remain unloaded tonight as we do not work during daylight

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