May 13, 1942
Left on truck driving detail today. Before I left, I won 475 pesos and a 15 jewel Hamilton wrist watch. All I had left, when… Read More »May 13, 1942
Diary of Leo Arhutick
April 20 ,1942
We’re put into companies, and bedded dow in old bamboo barracks, full of lice and bugs. Fed sweet potatoes, and margerine, three times a day.… Read More »April 20 ,1942
April 19, 1942
Left Sen Fernando at 9 o’clock this morning, by train. On our way to Conception, Tarlac, where Camp O’Donnell was at. At all the stations,… Read More »April 19, 1942
April 16, 1942
Finally arrived at San Fernando. My feet were sore. Shoes all worn out, and I was so weak, I couldn’t have gone much farther. It… Read More »April 16, 1942
April 15, 1942
Marched from K. 111 to K. 81, and got same sugar cane. One fellow was shot. Received food from the Filipinos.
April 13-14, 1942
I just got through Cabcabaun [Cabcaben], when Corregidor opened fire on the Japanese there. Some of our own men where killed there in the artillery… Read More »April 13-14, 1942
April 11-12, 1942
Had my milk all drank up in two days time. Made up to K. 129. Water was hard to get.
April 10, 1942
We were told to march to Sen Fernando, some 120 k. away. That trip is a nightmare. I started out with the rest of the… Read More »April 10, 1942
April 9, 1942
The day of surrender. The first we knew of the surrender, was shortly after 2’oclock. We received orders to:destroy our guns and positions, which we… Read More »April 9, 1942