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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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