Albert E. Holland

Nov. 25th Air-raid siren at 7:30 – Bombing has started. At 4:00 PM the air raid alarm is still on – The bombing has been… Read More »November 25, 1944

Nov. 23rd No action – few rumors – Thanksgiving menu – 1 scoop rice, 4 oz thin vegetable gravy, 1 oz radish tops – But,… Read More »November 23, 1944

Nov. 22nd Still under Air-alert. Some internees say they heard all night the rumbling of guns & flickering of lights far to the South –… Read More »November 22, 1944

Nov. 21st The air-raid siren went off at 4:25 AM. Now it is after 10 o’clock, the air-raid alarm is still on, not a plane… Read More »November 21, 1944

Nov. 20th Perhaps bodies are not the determining factor in our lives – Wilfred Grenfell, Marie Curie, Pasteur, Mozart, Beethoven, Schiller – all worked under… Read More »November 20, 1944

Nov 19th The air-raid signal sounded at 6:00 AM today – There had been bombing to the South since 5:30 – some of our planes… Read More »November 19, 1944

Nov. 18th When the Committee saw the Commandant about an increased ration, he told them “You do not realize that Japan is fighting a total… Read More »November 18, 1944

Nov. 17th What I have expected has come to pass – our camp reserves of rice are exhausted. And starting tomorrow we will receive only… Read More »November 17, 1944