23 May 1942
BONTOC. With Second Lieutenant KITAO, visited a captured AMERICAN chaplain, NOBLE. Was surprised that AMERICAN missions were so thorough as to have fine churches over… Read More »23 May 1942
Diary of Hiroshi Horikoshi
20 May 1942
Orders were issued for me to go tomorrow with Second Lieutenant KITAO, of the Staff Section for a week, to negotiate the surrender of the… Read More »20 May 1942
19 May 1942
BAGUIO. This evening at tho official residence of Lieutenant-Colonel MATSUNAGA, senior staff-officer, a dinner party was held under the auspices of the senior Chief of… Read More »19 May 1942
18 May 1942
BAGUIO. Today NARA Group invited about 70 people, BAGUIO FILIPINOS and a small number of JAPANESE sympathisers to the Group Commander’s official residence (General House)… Read More »18 May 1942
17 May 1942
BAGUIO. This group went on mopping-up operations in the BONTOC region.— About 40 kilometers distant, remnants of defeated troops are agitating, and recently, four wireless… Read More »17 May 1942
16 May 1942
At the outbreak of the war, when the JAPANESE shops were closed, all the merchandise was looted, but now just the reverse has occurred, and… Read More »16 May 1942
15 May 1942
In the evening, as Warrant Officer MATSUDA called, I went to the liquor place on the floor below and found him drinking SAKE in company… Read More »15 May 1942
14 May 1942
Major TAMAKI took us to see Lieutenant—General NARA, but when we saluted without saying anything, he lectured us about not having learned how to greet… Read More »14 May 1942
13 May 1942
DAMORTIS — BAGUIO. Clear. Had breakfast at a nearby ration issuing place. While I was lying down, a message came from the Line of Communication… Read More »13 May 1942