January 14th 1942
This was the coldest morning since I had been in the Philippines. Fort Drum fired ten rounds on a Jap ship in Manila Bay at… Read More »January 14th 1942
Manila Bay
January 7, 1942
My second night in Room 25, Japanese number, and Room 221, American number, was just as restless and disturbing as the first. Bedbugs and mosquitoes… Read More »January 7, 1942
January 5, 1942
January, the 5th! We could never forget that date, for it would have been our wedding day! Instead of a wedding, the large iron gates… Read More »January 5, 1942
December 25-31, 1941
On Christmas day, in the morning, they were in the act of playing their usual assortment, and one particular record by Bing Crosby, Adeste Fidelis,… Read More »December 25-31, 1941
29 Dec. 1941
Very nasty air raids on Saturday and Sunday — that’s to say, since Manila was declared an “open city”. On Saturday the alert lasted over… Read More »29 Dec. 1941
24 Dec. 1941
At six o’clock at the tailor’s, waiting for my new suit to be finished. The sirens sound a good five minutes after we hear the… Read More »24 Dec. 1941
Dec. 21, 1941
Well, it’s two weeks already –and no bombs yet– We don’t know whether the Japs are holding off so as to “soften” us up by… Read More »Dec. 21, 1941
December 16, 1941
The Army and the Filipino skippers had long been butting heads. All the channels out of Manila Bay had been mined for many months. At… Read More »December 16, 1941
December 16, 1941
Fort Stotsenberg had five air attacks yesterday, and Joyce, the army nurse who worked with me, lost her sweetheart during one of the raids. She… Read More »December 16, 1941