Photo above: recently offered for sale on eBay, a Baltimore Sun wirephoto of wounded soldiers aboard the S.S. Mactan. Late at night, on December 31,… Read More »The Great Escape of the S.S. Mactan: December 31, 1941
Here we are in Sydney Harbor at last, but they tell us we were given up for lost days ago – and I thought we… Read More »January 27th, 1942
Food improved, it’easier to shave; and I don’t seem to tire as easily. We should be in Sydney, they say, at 0600 tomorrow. We really… Read More »January 26th, 1942
Shoved off from Brisbane. Glad to get going. We hear there’s quite a flock of U.S. soldiers here. Must have been the ones that were… Read More »January 25th, 1942
Arrived at Brisbane, Queensland, and we got some ice cream and milk. I drank two imperial pints. I don’t think anything ever tasted as good.… Read More »January 24th, 1942
The sea is a little rough today. Most of the Filipinos are in their bunks. I thought they were better sailors than that. The trip… Read More »January 23rd, 1942
Getting cooler now, thank Heaven! Food still terrible to me, although there’s lots of the others eating it. This kid Stevens, our orderly, would eat… Read More »January 22nd, 1942
Taking on supplies and medicine, also clean linen. We can get a sponge bath now, and good, fresh water which will keep. Hope the food… Read More »January 21st, 1942
Townsville is a small town, they say, and hard to dock in, but we have to get supplies and clean linen. Lt. Colonel Maitland, whom… Read More »January 20th, 1942