18 Jan. 1942
Yesterday afternoon, towards six o’clock, I’m coming back from a short walk with Colia [Nicholas Balfour] and as I approach the house I see Redfern,… Read More »18 Jan. 1942
1/18/42
January 18,1942 – Sunday
This has been a quiet day. No alarms. Windy & slightly cloudy. We can hear once in a while the artillery fire at Bataan.
January 18, 1942
It has been cloudy all day today, and there was a little rain. I have been taking a sunbath at noon each day for the… Read More »January 18, 1942
January 18, 1942
Sunday. Moved into a “bomb target.” Much less walking to do. Rumor of Jap transports not far off.
January 18, 1942
Today’s papers reported that the New Order has solved the traffic problem. Obviously. The best remedy for a headache is to cut off the head.… Read More »January 18, 1942
January 18,1942
“You can’t put a good man down,” they say, and the cochero is that good man. He is king of Manila again, as virtually all… Read More »January 18,1942
January 18th, 1942
They tell me that we’re stopping at Thursday Island to pick up a couple of pilots to take us through the Great Barrier Reef. Our… Read More »January 18th, 1942
January 18, 1942
The newsboys call the papers just as early. Sounds just the same—SUNDAY TRIBUNE!— but the paper isn’t the same. The morning headlines feature the taking… Read More »January 18, 1942
Sunday, January 18, 1942
Just another day. Grind away.