4 Jan. 1942
Up early this morning. At seven o’clock it’s hardly light. Went to market. On the way, went past three Japanese checkpoints. I wasn’t stopped or… Read More »4 Jan. 1942
Paul Esmérian
3 Jan. 1942
Yesterday afternoon a Japanese plane looses off several bursts of machine-gun fire in the neighborhood. I make the children, who are playing in the garden,… Read More »3 Jan. 1942
2 January 1942
Three weeks after that last peacetime Sunday, Manila is like a deserted city. Enormous black clouds, againstwhich even the tropical sun is powerless, fill part… Read More »2 January 1942
1 Jan. 1942
Happy New Year, my friend! Our dear sick patient’s situation seems desperate. The lines held by the USAFFE have been broken to the north and… Read More »1 Jan. 1942
31 Dec. 1941
The year ends today. President Quezon has declared a three-day holiday. A number of shops have put up signs saying “Happy New Year”. Such wishes… Read More »31 Dec. 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
26 Dec. 1941
The air raid alert yesterday morning — Christmas Day — took me by surprise as I was riding in a caramata [horse-drawn buggy] back from… Read More »26 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
10 Dec. 1941
Yesterday evening in her garden with a Frenchwoman, Mademoiselle V., very nice. Calm evening, she gives me her impressions of the war in France, at… Read More »10 Dec. 1941
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