January 24, 1942
I was not well but rested on mat after working on beans and carrots. Many children throwing up and crying in the night. No garbage… Read More »January 24, 1942
I was not well but rested on mat after working on beans and carrots. Many children throwing up and crying in the night. No garbage… Read More »January 24, 1942
In the list of work details put on bulletin board by Committee, Jerry is down as Outside Sanitation, I am down as Inside Sanitation—both meaning… Read More »January 22, 1942
Fruit for breakfast! Japanese schoolchildren came en masse with good wishes and candy boxes for us. Their faces pressed against the wire to view the… Read More »January 17, 1942
A Japanese soldier appeared with an armful of antlers looted from the American General’s house.
Streetlights on for first time in six weeks. A quiet night as no clump, clump of army boots, mostly local gentry guarding us.
Lucy hid her jewels under a rock where Mrs. Wilson had hidden hers previously, but not noticing it. When Lucy retrieved hers later she took… Read More »January 12, 1942
Ismael brought fresh laundry, slacks and my gray wool dress! How wonderful to see him from a distance. He called out that the family and… Read More »January 6, 1942
Washed clothes. Three more cases. The men moved into the next barracks building, relieving the terribly crowded conditions of over 500 in a building intended… Read More »January 4, 1942