May 27, 1943
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on May 27th, 1943 in Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
Lunch with Mrs. Luther Bewley, the wife of my old director of education in the Philippines, who is now a prisoner of the Japanese at Santo Tomas. She and her sweet daughter were the last to escape from Corregidor by plane. She admires MacArthur and particularly so Wainwright and says the latter became very bitter against the Administration for breach …
May 25, 1943
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on May 25th, 1943 in Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
This day stands out in my memory because it was the last time when the President looked like the robust Quezon of a much earlier day. He was exceedingly well dressed and once more entirely gracious as of yore. He welcomed me with one-time cordiality and opened by saying: “Guess where I have been,” then went on to state that …