April 14, 1942
Quiet over head. Very Hot. Swish not coming in. Camp Murphy hit this a.m.? Busy time in Cebu. Blood test showed improvement. Leaving other half… Read More »April 14, 1942
Quiet over head. Very Hot. Swish not coming in. Camp Murphy hit this a.m.? Busy time in Cebu. Blood test showed improvement. Leaving other half… Read More »April 14, 1942
The Red Cross Filipina, Burmese, and Siamese nurses will soon leave us to care for wounded Japanese soldiers. How we hated to see these fine… Read More »February 28, 1942
F.D.R. Says: “It Is Hopeless to SEND REINFORCEMENTS TO P.I.” Each day, after reading the propaganda headline, I vowed that I’d never again look at… Read More »February 27, 1942
Zenia, my nurse friend from India, went outside on a pass, and she spent the night at my apartment. How happy we were to see… Read More »February 26, 1942
CALIFORNIA SHORE SHELLED. This was our morning headline. Can it be true? The Santo Tomas trots or acute gastro-enteritis caught up with me, and I… Read More »February 25, 1942
JAPAN IS PREPARED TO WAGE WAR FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. This was hardly the type of headline that would cheer us. Daphne, our British roommate,… Read More »February 24, 1942
F.D.R. STATES THAT AMERICAN SHORES CANNOT BE DEFENDED. Every headline in the Nishi-Nishi was meant to terrorize and demoralize. I finally persuaded Catesy to shave… Read More »February 23, 1942
Washington’s Birthday was not forgotten! The men in the room next to ours made an American flag from a white piece of cloth dipped into… Read More »February 22, 1942
One hundred thirteen British men, women and children arrived yesterday from Sulphur Springs, a small internee camp outside of Manila. These people had been the… Read More »February 21, 1942