We received our pkgs on the 25th. I got mine. It was the first real thing from home, and it really made me happy. It couldn't have been better selected. I have enjoyed it all, and it made me think a lot of home. I could tell that we whole family had a hand in packing..
Read more16 June 1944
At Cebu after a slow trip two men escaped or tried it. Cebu is a pretty place I would like to come here on peace. It was hot aboard ship last night & the cool breeze ashore are very refreshing. We got a RC Box on the trip.
Read more6-8-44 7:00 a.m.
Still in Davao Gulf. A hell of a night. Planes flew all night. 1237 Men. Boat Stastics - 1237 Prisoners on well dice. 6. Toilets on deck. Swabbed down twice /day 2 meals — rice & stew /day Deck App. 50'x 100' x 30'. 300 gal. fresh water /day No shade except in hole. Roll..
Read more6-5-44 11 p.m.
Told to-nite we are leaving Dapecol am in Co. #1. Leading at 3:00 am in the morning. Am packed and ready hope I got my records ---. All cats and dogs left here are being eaten to-nite. I got ate a one day old pup to-nite barbequed on a spit. The Vets inspected the meat..
Read moreDec. 25, 1943
Like spiders crawling in every direction from the center of a web, all of the 450 internees were coming from the bodega with carts, sacks, poles, ropes—anything that would help carry forty-seven pounds or more [for the Red Cross packages]. If only the people at home could have seen it! Morale soared so high that people went..
Read moreApril 7, 1943
I have been resting in bed for several weeks to regain some of my lost weight. I have gained eight pounds and am feeling fine. Coné is well and he, too, has regained his former weight. He has no more trouble with his stomach, but must watch his diet. The children are well and attending..
Read moreJuly 10, 1942
I talked to some released prisoners. They recounted the treatment they had received at the concentration camp. They were not maltreated nor molested, nor even required to work, especially the Filipinos. Their release was undoubtedly an act of magnanimity, although the skeptics believe that it was due to the lack of food for their sustenance...
Read moreDecember 29, 1941 – Monday
At 5 a.m. I phoned Collector de Leon. His voice showed that he was worried. “I have not heard from the Apo”, he said, “I fear that it may have been sunk.” I decided to take other steps if no reply was received by 6:30 a.m. At 6:30 a.m. I called up Mr. Jose..
Read moreDecember 28, 1941 – Sunday
I attended Mass at 6:30 a.m. After Mass I had breakfast and then went to the cottage assigned to us to take a bath and change clothes. At 9 a.m. Colonel Willoughby G-2 USAFFE arrived and told me that General MacArthur wanted to see me ASAP. I dressed hurriedly and proceeded to the house..
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