February 5, 1942
Again it has been a quiet day as far as operations are concerned. There was some activity at Quinauan Point, as they finally reported the
Again it has been a quiet day as far as operations are concerned. There was some activity at Quinauan Point, as they finally reported the
We had a little excitement here today for a change. The Japs opened up on us with artillery from the mainland south of here and
Today completes two months of the war, and a great deal has happened in that time. Here we are besieged on an island and the
An effort was made to land in the vicinity of Quinauan Point last night, but it is not yet definitely known how many came ashore.
The Japs opened up on Corregidor again today and fired quite a number of rounds. I was outside for a short time while they were
Have been quite busy today as increased volume of radio traffic with NEI and Australia keeps me busy. Actually have more work than I can
Another quiet day except for some exchanges of shots between our batteries at Frank and a couple of Jap batteries on the south shore of
Was taken seriously ill with food poisoning this morning and went to bed. This afternoon had a temperature of 103 degrees and went to the
The second and last leg of the trip to the south should have been completed by Gen. MacArthur and his staff last night. I haven’t
I have word that Gen. MacArthur and party arrived safely at Destination. However, plans miscarried. They were to have continued last night but missed connections.
Gen. Moore is continuing the mess which was vacated by Gen. MacArthur, thank goodness, and invited me to continue as a member. Most of the
I am still up to my ears trying to move Gen. MacArthur, and now I have to try to move President Quezon too. His boat
Well, we got Gen. MacArthur and his staff moved at least, and that is one thing off my mind. They arrived in Australia today. It
I’ll be a physical and mental wreck yet. At the last minute we received word that seven Jap destroyers were cruising around in the very
Still haven’t heard anything from Gen. MacArthur. I send him the daily operations report, and have asked him numerous questions as to procedure and policy,
Forgot to mention yesterday that I was sworn in as a Brigadier General. My appointment came in by radio from the W.D. and I rank
News release—announced over KGEI in San Francisco last night— stated that President Quezon and his party arrived in Australia yesterday. I thought we might hear
I don’t know whether or not the Japs celebrate April Fools’ Day, but I thought it possible they might try to pull something unusual today.
I believe the rainy season will soon begin in Bataan. It starts in April there as Mariveles Mountain has an influence on the weather. It
Nothing startling has happened today, for we haven’t even been bombed. We had a couple of alarms, but nothing happened. The Jap planes all appeared
Again no bombing today. This makes two days with no bombs. We had a couple of alarms, but nothing came over. One dive bomber was
Attack on Bataan is causing us a considerable amount of worry. Japs have pushed in against 41st and 21st Divisions and have pushed in some
Situation doesn’t look good in Bataan tonight. Philippine Army troops have been bombed and strafed so much that their morale is not good. In addition,
Situation in Bataan today is getting worse. Gen. Funk came over today and proposed for Gen. King (C.G. Luzon Force) that possibility of surrender be
The situation on Bataan is bad. Luzon Force ordered a short withdrawal last night to straighten out the line, and the first information we had
This has been a terrible day. At 6 a.m. Gen. King sent a flag of truce with Col. Williams through the lines to make preliminary
The telephone lines to Bataan were cut about the time I was writing last evening so we could not phone them thereafter. We could pick
Things are beginning to straighten out here a little after the sudden influx from Bataan. A lot of people came over here who were not
I would like to know the conditions in Bataan and how our surrendered troops are being disposed of. We have heard nothing except over the
Had a report from the Air Corps on their attack yesterday, but it wasn’t worth a darn as it contained no information as to results.