January 4, 1942
Washed clothes. Three more cases. The men moved into the next barracks building, relieving the terribly crowded conditions of over 500 in a building intended… Read More »January 4, 1942
Washed clothes. Three more cases. The men moved into the next barracks building, relieving the terribly crowded conditions of over 500 in a building intended… Read More »January 4, 1942
Killed flies and washed clothes. The Japanese took our safety deposit box keys. They made Carl do the collecting and when I asked him if… Read More »January 3, 1942
Dysentery broke out during the night. Three cases, children. Back to regular toilets, cleaning everything with lye, etc. I bathed the kids. Killed millions of… Read More »January 2, 1942
Bombing raids on the city have ceased. Baguio is taken, and Americans there are interned. Ernest and I had a nice meeting at San Andres.… Read More »Wed. Dec. 31/41
No Water till nearly noon. Bad head. The toilets have been stopped up and overflowing because of no flushing. We used the latrines dug by… Read More »December 31, 1941
No water till 11. Then mostly given to the children. Jerry says he fought Enid until he got a half a cup for me. I… Read More »December 30, 1941
Very nasty air raids on Saturday and Sunday — that’s to say, since Manila was declared an “open city”. On Saturday the alert lasted over… Read More »29 Dec. 1941
Weak on mattress. Got up to wash, then collapsed. Seemed to have no middle and my head felt queer. They called us all onto the… Read More »Dec. 29, 1941
Moving from one room to another all day as they kept bringing more people in. Finally to another dorm on the first floor. Very little… Read More »December 28, 1941