November 14, 1941
Same old stuff, not making much headway. Getting hotter and hotter.
Diary of John P. Burns
November 13, 1941
Noon today–half way from Honolulu to Manila. Wrote four letters today. Scott had some trouble so the distance covered was pretty small, 337 miles. Makes… Read More »November 13, 1941
November 12, 1941
Wrote letters and drank scotch today, got a mighty fine buzz on. Getting hotter, must be getting close to the equator.
November 11, 1941
Lost a day, maybe sometime I’ll make it up. Weather hot, feel sticky all the time. Hear we are going to Guam so the Pierce… Read More »November 11, 1941
November 9, 1941
We crossed the international dateline today. Now I don’t know what day this is or tomorrow will be. Poker good today. Time to start writing… Read More »November 9, 1941
November 8, 1941
Today, approximately 3000 miles from San Francisco, about 5000 from Manila. We still wonder where PLUM is. Poker not bad today. Evidently the pilots had… Read More »November 8, 1941
November 7, 1941
Blackout last night and from now on. Rather annoying to say the least. At this point I’d sure like to get inside an airplane and… Read More »November 7, 1941
November 6, 1941
Woke up this morning and there was Oahu. Spent 9 hours on shore, some place. Clark and I decided it would be a swell place… Read More »November 6, 1941
November 5, 1941
Tomorrow we get to Honolulu. Thank God for that, never thought I’d get tired of having nothing to do, be unable to sleep, and that… Read More »November 5, 1941