April 13, 2011: Press Statement Debacle…
This is miserable writing. This can’t be the comprehensive press statement that I’ve tasked myself to write two days earlier. It’s 1:00 am and a… Read More »April 13, 2011: Press Statement Debacle…
This is miserable writing. This can’t be the comprehensive press statement that I’ve tasked myself to write two days earlier. It’s 1:00 am and a… Read More »April 13, 2011: Press Statement Debacle…
Typhoon is over, the sun is up again and the sky has brightened to a clear blue. The bird that perches on the tree near… Read More »November 12, 1944
Continued Jap air attacks — enemy bombs dropped on island and in sea but with no damage. Shooting them down as they come in. Southern… Read More »25 October 1944
This morning a group of enemy planes appeared and two were shot down. One dropped a bomb on the Australian cruiser and damaged her superstructure… Read More »21 October 1944
Another memorable day in the life of the great Ritchie. At midnight we passed Dinogat [Dinagat] Island and entered Surigao Strait and Leyte Gulf. Tight… Read More »20 October 1944
Today at 2:00 p.m. we had an air raid warning. Planes flew over us, but did not bomb. Manila, Cebu and Davao are being bombed… Read More »October 9, 1944
Breakfast with Quezon. He is in great form. Had dismissed a school teacher and a J.P. in Bicolandia. Said the school master who was a… Read More »April 4, 1936
(Continued): out for a ride over the Military Reservation and examined some magnificent views. I took Mr. Forbes to the hill where I hope ultimately… Read More »December 26, 1904
PROM MANILA TO JANIUAY Two weeks passed rapidly by in Manila while the problem of our assignment to various parts of the archipelago was being… Read More »On Board the S/S “Francisco Reyes,” September 7, 1901