February 9, 1945
I got up very early this morning after several sorties during the night to see what was doing. We all had a little sleep. Even… Read More »February 9, 1945
I got up very early this morning after several sorties during the night to see what was doing. We all had a little sleep. Even… Read More »February 9, 1945
It sounds like the real McCoy now. We’ve fed the children in the air-raid shelter, got Felie fixed for the night. She has suffered terribly… Read More »February 8, 1945
We were up all night—we never all go to bed all at once, anyhow. The children were in the air-raid shelter but its walls are… Read More »February 6, 1945
Monday. Last night there was terrific shelling near Fort McKinley, as well as we could judge. That is to the south of us. Nearby, on… Read More »February 5, 1945
Sunday, came the dawn. We had stayed up most of the night, but no liberation our side. The city is in flames across the river,… Read More »February 4, 1945
’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house . . . No, that’s not night, I’m mixed up. All through the house everybody’s… Read More »February 3, 1945
(Undated in book but placed after January 23, but before January 28, 1945) They are advising us to get out. Our wall is high and… Read More »Late in January*, 1945
“. . . and Sheridan only twenty miles away.” So runs the old poem. If we had a poet in our midst, we might do… Read More »January 23, 1945
The Great Day, our Great Day! The troops have landed on Luzon, at Lingayan Bay. That’s just where the Japs landed. I had my money… Read More »January 9, 1945