March 12, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Lunch with Mr. Canceran, private secretary to Quezon. Canceran much bothered by the President’s frequent changes of plan for his trip to Florida… Read More »March 12, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Lunch with Mr. Canceran, private secretary to Quezon. Canceran much bothered by the President’s frequent changes of plan for his trip to Florida… Read More »March 12, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Quezon says that when he first came to Washington as Resident Commissioner he, like most Filipinos, believed that when they saw an American… Read More »February 25, 1943
Calisthenics held this morning at 8330: The instructor was more concerned with form than with giving fifteen minutes of good exercise. There should be less… Read More »Sept. 8, 1942 Tuesday
Went to mass early this morning before breakfast. Around nine thirty, George came in and told me that the colonels and generals were leaving… Read More »Sept. 6 Sunday 1942
Met Lt. Col. Carlos Romulo, editor of Quezon’s paper the Herald in Manila–noted orator–a.d.c. to MacArthur, i.e., “press agent”–still very shaky, said he was wounded… Read More »July 3, 1942
Lt. Col. Jesse T. Trayvick USA, Wainwright’s emissary traveling under a flag of truce accompanied by a representative of Gen. Homma, did not find difficulties… Read More »May 25, 1942
As I was leaving for Banga, Supervising Overseer Larrabaster showed me the defense plans which he had drawn for the Poblacion of Norala in case… Read More »Tuesday, May 12, 1942
I learned today that even if Gen. Jonathan Wainwright attempted to surrender only Corregidor and the surrounding Fortresses at Caballo, Carabao and El Fraile Island, (Forts Mills,… Read More »May 10,1942
I was sick all last night and most of today. However, I am better this evening. I was to have gone down to Mindanao in… Read More »May 7, 1942