Day 19, 10 October 1945 –Manila Bay
We pulled out into the stream at 0700 with instructions that we were to return at 1700 to embark troops. At 1530 they signaled for… Read More »Day 19, 10 October 1945 –Manila Bay
Okinawa
Thurs. Oct. 4, 1945
Lv Clark Field 8:15 A.M., Arr. Yontan Field, Okinawa, 1:25 P.M., reported to rear echelon XXIV Corps. [The Philippine portion of the diary ends here]
8th August 1945
The details of the new bomb are still “under investigation”. One feels that the authorities are just an puzzled and bewildered by the whole thing… Read More »8th August 1945
2nd of August, 1945
The warlords gave Japan’s answer to the Potsdam ultimatum at 5 p.m. yesterday. A special communique from imperial headquarters announced that “our army and navy… Read More »2nd of August, 1945
6th July 1945
Why do the Japanese continue to fight? They are tired and hungry; the Tokyo Shimbun urges all Japanese to “learn to eat weeds”. Yet if… Read More »6th July 1945
23rd June 1945
Today the wartime emergency measure law went into effect. It was about time, if not too late. The vernaculars were speaking of “gradually mounting losses”… Read More »23rd June 1945
21st June 1945
As a “new offensive” was launched by the Americans on Okinawa, the Asahi noted with a hint of panic that the Americans are now bombing… Read More »21st June 1945
20th June 1945
Without comment the papers today quoted the Guam radio on the death of Lieutenant-General Simon B. Buckner on Okinawa. Tonight Vargas had dinner with an… Read More »20th June 1945
11th-15th June 1945
“As the earth hardens in the rain, so also the government and the people have grown more united,” wrote the Asahi. It was a rain… Read More »11th-15th June 1945