November 25, 1944 — Saturday
Had only two air raids last night (11 p.m. & 4 a.m). A heavy day in the office. The eighth Army has disembarked and the… Read More »November 25, 1944 — Saturday
Had only two air raids last night (11 p.m. & 4 a.m). A heavy day in the office. The eighth Army has disembarked and the… Read More »November 25, 1944 — Saturday
A heavy day of raids. We saw a Japanese twin engine bomber fall in a ball of fire. About 70 planes attacked us during the… Read More »November 24, 1944 — Friday
We had thanksgiving dinner. I invited General Willoughby to dine with us. Dinner was considerably delayed due to an air raid warning. Finally we decided… Read More »November 23, 1944 — Thursday
Another wet day. We had three air raid warnings up till 2 p.m. Situation in and around Limon continues the same, with enemy launching fierce… Read More »November 22, 1944 — Wednesday
It is 31 days since A day. Our situation is growing worse. The continuous rains have made the operations very hard. The mountainous terrain on… Read More »November 21, 1944 — Tuesday
More bombings yesterday at 12, 2 and 4. Then early this morning at 4 and at 8:30 the Pier area was strafed and bombed. There… Read More »November 6, 1944
Had another bad night with four air raids. Attended 7 a.m. Mass and received Holy Communion.
I retired at 8:30 p.m., foreseeing another bad night. At 9:30 p.m. the air raid signal was sounded followed by a raid, another at 11:30… Read More »November 4, 1944 – Saturday
Quite a bad night. At 11 a.m. President Osmeña told me that he received reports that the guerillas were shooting and killing civilians in Tanauan… Read More »November 3, 1944 – Friday