June 17, 1942
Food production campaign not going on well. People are discouraged to plant. When fields are all planted, the fields are commandeered. Some are transformed to… Read More »June 17, 1942
Food production campaign not going on well. People are discouraged to plant. When fields are all planted, the fields are commandeered. Some are transformed to… Read More »June 17, 1942
When it rains, it pours. Another attack against Naric men in Pangasinan. This time Ramon Villasanta, special cashier and disbursing officer in Rosales was held… Read More »May 13, 1942
Another man arrived from Bataan. Said he was Philip’s sergeant. He was sunburnt and thin and sick with malaria. “Do not worry about Phil,” he… Read More »March 25, 1942
HQ, MIS, Bataan Vic’s birthday. I wonder how he is celebrating it. Am very homesick. Fred has a good story depicting state of unpreparedness of… Read More »January 27, 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
Ignorance is really bliss. Walked right into the American concentration camp in Santo Tomas, without knowing the Japanese prohibited such visits. Saw old friends: Sam… Read More »January 15, 1942
Heard a good one. The sentry at the intersection of Avenida Rizal and Azcarraga grabbed a man for not bowing when he was near the… Read More »January 13, 1942
What is a diary? Webster’s dictionary says it is a “a register of daily events or transactions; a journal.” With me, it is something different.… Read More »January 11, 1942
Woke up early this morning. Inspected our bodegas. One warehouseman was not there. The bodega could not be opened. The Japanese Military Administration authorized at… Read More »January 7, 1942