December 5, 1941
Early the following morning, about 4:l5 AM, the B.C. was called by the air guard and informed that, shortly before, warnings of aerial activity over… Read More »December 5, 1941
Early the following morning, about 4:l5 AM, the B.C. was called by the air guard and informed that, shortly before, warnings of aerial activity over… Read More »December 5, 1941
Next day the unloading and movement of supplies and equipment was completed, and a tent camp pitched. The guns and range equipment were emplaced and… Read More »December 3, 1941
It was decided to move the Bn en-masse. On the morning of December 2, 1941, about 7:00 AM, the first barges left Corregidor for Cabcaben… Read More »December 2, 1941
On the night of November 28, 1941, the Harbor Defenses were placed on an alert status due to the international situation. This facilitated plans for… Read More »November 28-29, 1941
On 17 Nov. I was relieved of command of I Battery. It was put under command of Lt. Bruns and moved to Fort Hughes. I… Read More »November 17-28, 1941
War is close. We are going to get new identification tags. We call them dog tags because we have them around our necks. Had a… Read More »November 17, 1941
I went to Manila on Oct. 25th with Traw. Went to the Ninatchka [sic] Russian restaurant and the Alcazar, Santa Ana. Traw and I took… Read More »October 25-31, 1941
FDR’s Thanksgiving Day. Don’t seem like Thanksgiving without being at home.
On 10 Oct., we were scheduled to fire machine guns but the fire was called off because there was no airplane available! On 14 Oct.,… Read More »October 10, 1941