November 4, 1944
A death and a birth today!
A death and a birth today!
No action – the morale is very low – jail sentences for stealing rice and mush, or for collecting two meals on one meal ticket.… Read More »November 4, 1944
The faces of the elderly people in camp had a drawn and fixed look and their legs, no longer resembling legs, were grotesquely edematous. The… Read More »November 3, 1944
[138] Still no action. Rumors thick & fast. Atimonan, Maubau, Lamon Bay, Infanta, Vigan, Lingayen – We hear of a great naval victory off Formosa… Read More »November 3, 1944
Two more deaths today from beri-beri.
Nov. 2nd No action – but more rumors – a relief ship is supposed to have left Japan for Vladivostok to pick up relief supplies… Read More »November 2, 1944
[133] Nov. 1, 1944 Dearest Hope— In the days to come I shall keep a diary for you – a diary of our last days in… Read More »November 1, 1944
The heavy rains beat into our lean-to with its three open sides, and Catesy and I worked frantically to protect our cooking equipment and small… Read More »October 31, 1944
Our adult death rate was climbing, and many of the older ones who had no supplementary food were dead or on the critical list. There… Read More »October 30, 1944