December 24, 1943
The Vice-Rector of Letran College has returned from a trip to the South. According to him, the guerrillas are continuing their war activities although there… Read More »December 24, 1943
Mindanao
September 6-9, 1943
Saranac Lake, N.Y. This is the first entry in this diary for more than three months. Early in June, Quezon was attacked by bronchitis and… Read More »September 6-9, 1943
September 1, 1943
Japanese have made me one out of a few scraps of lumber and a shelter half. It helped keep the bed bugs off and [I]… Read More »September 1, 1943
July 3, 1943
My soldiers run off with the greatest of ease. May they resist when necessary. …It is only natural, I suppose, to place yourself in the… Read More »July 3, 1943
February 23, 1943
All has been quiet in our vicinity, but in a barrio near Barotac Nuevo the Japanese machine gunned. The Filipino guerrillas have received an order… Read More »February 23, 1943
January 13, 1943
Believe there has been a very strong typhoon some place as the weather here is bad.
September 27, 1942
I have accepted command of the Mindanao force in the field. As I am in the district I had better command rather than be mere… Read More »September 27, 1942
August 20, 1942
There is much animated activity in the air. For the last three months, that is, since the fall of Corregidor, hardly have we seen a… Read More »August 20, 1942
Monday, May 4, 1942
Upon arriving in the poblacion of Banga, from Barrio 7 where I went to inform the evacuees about our experience on the road, I found… Read More »Monday, May 4, 1942