July 20th, 1946
Woke up around 4 in the morning, but after moving was able to pick up some more sleep until the guard knocked shortly after six.… Read More »July 20th, 1946
Woke up around 4 in the morning, but after moving was able to pick up some more sleep until the guard knocked shortly after six.… Read More »July 20th, 1946
Four Japanese Catholic nuns called. They had a small cake baked for us by their Mother Superior. The icing represented the Philippine and Japanese flags.… Read More »18th — 20th January 1945
Eddie Vargas called up today by long-distance from Taiwan; he is stranded there. All civilian air travel to the Philippines has been suspended. We are… Read More »9th January 1945
Eddie Vargas enplaned for Manila this morning, his baggage mostly medicines for his family, parcels for home from the students, a letter or two from… Read More »3rd January 1945
Koiso ate his words yesterday or perhaps took a bigger mouthful. In a New Year’s Day radiocast he proclaimed that Leyte was no longer decisive;… Read More »2nd January 1945
Almost on the stroke of twelve the air-raid siren sounded. We were having a New Year’s Eve dinner at the embassy and the sound of… Read More »1st January 1945
Lunch at the Daitōa Ministry at Daitōa Kaikan. Received lacquer cigarette set as gift. Despedida Visits. Said goodbye to the Masudas, Maruyamas, Nagasakis, Fr. Hoebbels… Read More »September 29, 1944 (Friday)
Had exams in school. We were told to write in Nippongo the workings of a police outpost in Japan. With Baroness Tōgō. After class this… Read More »July 17, 1944 (Monday)
At midnight last night we were awakened by the air-raid warden to warn us of the gravity of the situation, advising us to take all… Read More »June 19, 1944 (Wednesday)