Tressa Cates, Author at The Philippine Diary Project

(September 14, 1903 — May 6, 1991). Nurse at Sternberg General Military Hospital. Interned with her future husband in Santo Tomas, 1942-45.

Distressingly tired and ill again, and though I tried to conceal it from Catesy, I knew that he knew. Knowing that he was worried about

The frequent visits of our bombers pepped us up. Today we watched many of our raiders diving and dropping their bombs, and when one of

Camp energy had reached a dangerously low ebb. School had to be closed as students and teachers were far too hungry and weak to concentrate