March 11, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Conversation with Major (Dr.) Trepp. Disillusionment of a doctor. Dr Trepp, aged 56, short, stocky with thick shoulders and a round skull–a typical… Read More »March 11, 1943
Corregidor
February 25, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Quezon says that when he first came to Washington as Resident Commissioner he, like most Filipinos, believed that when they saw an American… Read More »February 25, 1943
December 25, 1942
Halleluyah, we are spending our first Christmas in two years quietly and frugally as dictated by the time. Last night we heard midnight mass by… Read More »December 25, 1942
November 30, 1942
Since I reported to my post as BC Inspector, peace and order in Vizcaya have been good which makes my job easy. The BC have… Read More »November 30, 1942
November 7, 1942
Leave pier #7 at 11 AM, breakwater at 1:30, pass Corregidor 4 to 5 PM. [The Philippine portion of the diary ends here.]
10/28/42
Bad night before-Crowding on deck before breakfast-Breakfast-Steamed rice-Squash stew with powdered fish and B1 concentrate-(soy bean meal ferment-Thought that it was pig slop-Pigs on board)… Read More »10/28/42
May 15th to Sept 1st, 1942
During this period we suffered much from hunger, sold some clothes and some furniture and bought rice and sugar, Charlie and I go to the… Read More »May 15th to Sept 1st, 1942
August 20, 1942
There is much animated activity in the air. For the last three months, that is, since the fall of Corregidor, hardly have we seen a… Read More »August 20, 1942
July 15, 1942
Shoreham. During the Spanish regime, the cabeza de barangay was the collector of the cedula personal tax; he was handed a list of all inhabitants… Read More »July 15, 1942