June 21, 1944 (Wednesday)
The newspapers these last few days have been playing up the new weapons being used by the Germans in England—the pilotless planes and meteor bombs.
Diary of Leocadio de Asis
June 20, 1944 (Tuesday)
Shopping. After class, bought a cute, small razor (Y5.74) and a silver bracelet with small pearls inlaid in shell-like trinkets (Y17.60) at the Imperial Hotel… Read More »June 20, 1944 (Tuesday)
June 19, 1944 (Wednesday)
At midnight last night we were awakened by the air-raid warden to warn us of the gravity of the situation, advising us to take all… Read More »June 19, 1944 (Wednesday)
June 18, 1944 (Sunday)
Went shopping at Shinjuku this morning with Peña and Quiambao and bought a few things to bring back to the P.I. These last few weeks… Read More »June 18, 1944 (Sunday)
June 17, 1944 (Saturday)
The newspapers published vague details about the bombings in Northern Kyushu and Southern Korea. The air-raid alarm is still on in Tokyo, and danger is… Read More »June 17, 1944 (Saturday)
June 16, 1944 (Friday)
Nippon Shoseki Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Textbook Publishing Company). At 3:30 this p.m. we visited the Ministry of Education’s immense publishing house which prints the textbooks… Read More »June 16, 1944 (Friday)
June 15, 1944 (Thursday)
The air-raid alarm is on (6:00 p.m.). Everyone is rushing home expecting an air-raid any moment. I hope they do not come tonight. Fight. In… Read More »June 15, 1944 (Thursday)
June 14, 1944 (Wednesday)
My teeth have been finally fixed this p.m., and I paid Y470 in cold cash. I am quite satisfied with the job, but it still… Read More »June 14, 1944 (Wednesday)
June 13, 1944 (Tuesday)
Still sick in quarters. Finished reading K. Satomi’s Discovery of Japanese Idealism. Tonight received Y470 from the Philippine Society to pay my dental bill. Of… Read More »June 13, 1944 (Tuesday)