April 18, 1942
Capas, Tarlac Filipino Concentration Camp Heard that two school-mates are dying. They are Fermin Fernando, star basketball forward, and Luis Pimentel, brilliant speaker,… Read More »April 18, 1942
Capas, Tarlac Filipino Concentration Camp Heard that two school-mates are dying. They are Fermin Fernando, star basketball forward, and Luis Pimentel, brilliant speaker,… Read More »April 18, 1942
Capas, Tarlac, FCC There is only one faucet for our regiment. At nine o’clock today, the Japs opened the main water switch. The… Read More »April 17, 1942
Capas, Tarlac Filipino Concentration Camp Am still alive. Have been here for two days. How long I will stay only God knows. Many are… Read More »April 16, 1942
Morning came, and we were ordered to stack our guns and disarm. The white flag was raised on top of the highest hill. All Filipino… Read More »April 10, 1942
Morning After the general heard my report, I took the field telephone and asked for Bat 108 –Manny’s code name in Corregidor. “What’s up, Primo?”… Read More »April 8, 1942 (April 8-9)
Bataan Saw a big rat eating what looked like the arm of a soldier strewn near a stream in H.P.D. Saw more troops –hollow-eyed, wasted,… Read More »April 8, 1942
HQ, Bataan More men retreating, more stragglers, the rear area has become the front. Japs keep on following their gains, bombing, shelling, blasting,… Read More »April 6, 1942
Bataan Dead men everywhere. Uniforms red with blood. Guns red with blood. Bataan is a sea of blood. Some troops still fighting but… Read More »April 5, 1942