September 17, 1944
Immediately after the all clear signal, rumors spread like wildfire, that Lipa, Tarlac, and Vigan were bombed and that the Americans have landed in Davao,… Read More »September 17, 1944
Albay
December 8-18, 1941
WAR 1941 – ? Olongapo December 8, 1941 Arrived Cavite December 9, 1941Cavite Bombed December 10, 1941 OLONGAPO – BINACAYAN It will be extremely difficult… Read More »December 8-18, 1941
December 12, 1941
Newspapers and the radio announced a Japanese landing in Legazpi, Albay. Some of our friends had sent their families to that province, believing it out… Read More »December 12, 1941
July 24th 1939
Legaspi, Albay When we awoke this morning it was still and hot, and Mayon clad in a transparent wisp of white, thrust her perfect cone… Read More »July 24th 1939
July 23rd 1939
We are back at the hotel in Legaspi and I’m nursing muscles that daily golf and riding never discovered. I’m afraid that I was not… Read More »July 23rd 1939
July 22nd 1939
The wind is howling and the clouds are racing across the moon, giving us fitful glimpses of the surrounding mountains and the bay and the… Read More »July 22nd 1939
July 21st 1939
Legaspi, Albay We have just finished an excellent dinner and are looking forward hopefully to a cool night in this modern little hotel in Legaspi,… Read More »July 21st 1939
March 7, 1936
Photographed by Arellano for Malacañan. Quezon wishes to hang up photos of Taft, myself and Murphy as the three Americans most closely connected with significant… Read More »March 7, 1936
October 25, 1935, 9 p.m. — October 29, 8 a.m.
My wife and I are on a trip to the Bicol Provinces as guests of Sr. A. Roces. Sr. Paez, head of the Manila Railroad… Read More »October 25, 1935, 9 p.m. — October 29, 8 a.m.