The Philippine Diary Project contains diary entries from a leading figure in the Leyte Landing: Major General Basilio J. Valdes. His diary, as encoded, edited,… Read More »Diary entries on the Leyte Landing: October, 1944
11:50 PM Oct. 31, 1972 Tuesday Malacañan Palace Manila Our people will never know the gamble that I have taken when I proclaimed martial law.… Read More »October 31, 1972
8:20 PM Aug. 21, 1972 Monday Malacañan Palace Manila We are waiting for Danny and Ising Madrigal so that they can wait with Tony, Beleck, Chito… Read More »August 21, 1972 Monday
Aug. 20, 1972 Sunday, Malacañan Palace Manila Early nights and 1974. Public agriculture lands sold to Americans must (not readable) in that year. (not readable)… Read More »August 20, 1972 Sunday
To our surprise, MacArthur came. When rumors were circulating that Gen. MacArthur was coming, I did not pay attention as I thought it was one… Read More »June 8, 1945 Friday
Entered Leyte Gulf at midnight. Reached our anchorage at 7 a.m. The battleships, cruisers, and destroyers opened fire on the beaches and finished the work… Read More »October 20, 1944 – Friday
Landed at Sentani Airfield at Hollandia at 7 a.m. We lost one day during the flight when we crossed the international date line. General Sutherland… Read More »October 7, 1944 – Saturday
Arrived Hickham Field Honolulu at 6:40 a.m. Admiral Nimitz and his chief of staff Admiral McMaster, Lieutenant General Richardson, Commander General of the region and… Read More »October 5, 1944 – Thursday
Saranac Lake, N.Y. This is the first entry in this diary for more than three months. Early in June, Quezon was attacked by bronchitis and… Read More »September 6-9, 1943