February 12, 1942 – Thursday
The President had a long conference with General MacArthur. Afterwards he sent for me. He asked me: “If I should decide to leave Corregidor what… Read More »February 12, 1942 – Thursday
The President had a long conference with General MacArthur. Afterwards he sent for me. He asked me: “If I should decide to leave Corregidor what… Read More »February 12, 1942 – Thursday
Chief says to “get behind communication system*. Looks like W.P.D. has to kick everybody in the pants. Today, in a most flamboyant radio, MacArthur recommends… Read More »Friday, January 23, 1942
Has been very quiet all day as far as activity on Corregidor is concerned. There has been no air alarm, and so far as I… Read More »January 21, 1942
Corregidor President Manuel Quezon is sick again. He coughed many times while I talked to him. He was in bed when I submitted report of… Read More »January 21, 1942
Had a little excitement today for a change. We had a couple of false air raid alarms, and then a couple of real ones. They… Read More »January 14, 1942
At 8 a.m. I attended the meeting of the Cabinet at Mariquina. It was discussed that the situation was becoming serious. The enemy had landed… Read More »December 24, 1941 – Wednesday
More or less an uneventful day as the days are figured here, although we had a mild case of bombing at Nichols Field about noon… Read More »December 20, 1941
At 6 a.m. General Sutherland phoned me that the Japanese had treacherously attacked Pearl Harbor at 5 a.m. and consequently the U.S. and Philippine Forces… Read More »December 8, 1941 – Monday
This is the third week of intensive torpedo training by the 1st Q-Boat Squadron under the supervision of Chief Torpedo man William Mooney USN. We… Read More »June 21, 1941