January 3, 1942
Today has not been particularly exciting, except for a rather long air raid. It seemed to me that the raid signal was on from early… Read More »January 3, 1942
Today has not been particularly exciting, except for a rather long air raid. It seemed to me that the raid signal was on from early… Read More »January 3, 1942
More rain today—like apologies in California—very unusual weather. The Japs entered Manila today. I am not sure of the hour, but there have been messages… Read More »January 2, 1942
*Philippine Diary Project Note: President Quezon’s inaugural was on December 30, 1941, two days before the date of this entry. Had a little rain as… Read More »January 1, 1942*
The Japs are still pushing ahead and the Filipino Army troops are steadily retreating. The threat is now down Route 5 from Cabanatuan, and has… Read More »December 31, 1941
We expected to have a raid today but were agreeably surprised. Not a hostile plane flew over the island. Possibly they are going to let… Read More »December 30, 1941
The war really started today as far as our headquarters is concerned, for we were heavily bombed by the Japs for the first time on… Read More »December 29, 1941
Spent all night in the car as we had to get back as soon as possible. We were stopped any number of times on the… Read More »December 28, 1941
Had a better night’s sleep last night, because I had a blanket. The air was fine and there was quite a breeze through the room.… Read More »December 27, 1941
Had a fine night’s sleep last night, except that I was too cold. After sweltering in the tunnel the night before, I went to bed… Read More »December 26, 1941