May 2, 1942
Battery Geary sustained a direct hit and was blown up. One of the gun barrels weighing fifty tons was lifted 100 feet and drifted laterally… Read More »May 2, 1942
Battery Geary sustained a direct hit and was blown up. One of the gun barrels weighing fifty tons was lifted 100 feet and drifted laterally… Read More »May 2, 1942
We had considerable amount of antiquated armament on the Rock and contrary to public opinion, we also had some very capable if not brilliant officers.… Read More »April 19, 1942
We listen to KREI [KGEI] each night. The platitudinous nothings mouthed by the commentators about “China’s brave fight” make me sick. Why in the hell,… Read More »April 15, 1942
Ottly’s birthday. Wrote letter to her. Bataan folded. At about 3 PM. the Japs opened artillery fire on the Rock from Bataan.
Big ammunition dump afire at Marivales [Mariveles]. Took one of my Lts. [Bruce Nixon] to the tunnel in an uncontrollable and violent state of combat… Read More »April 8, 1942
Air raids resumed. From the battery we could see our barracks. Since we evacuated them, the Army engineers have stored five tons of TNT therein.… Read More »March 24, 1942