The next thing I did after settling in our hut was build a dugout. I saw to it that it had beams overheard with G.I. sheets to hold lots of soil, on which I planted spinach. It was “L”-shaped and could house ten persons. I placed wooden floorings and also wooden sidings to make our […]
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1994 Memoir – 135. I Got Lost At Night
It was getting dark and starting to rain when I left the town riding on the back of the carabao pulling the sled. At last it became pitch-dark and only the lightning lit the trail on the rice paddies. All of a sudden the carabao pitched forward and I was thrown over its head into […]
1994 Memoir – 134. Pat And I Built Our Hut
After we had located our campsite near a family that had a water pump, I started carrying from town on my back pieces of lumber, burned G.I. sheets, and sawali (soft bamboo slats). We had no nails, only copper from burned electric wire for tying up things, including our G.I. roofing. I dug the holes […]
1994 Memoir – 133. Evacuation To Apad
When the Japs occupying our house and the nearby houses left towards Kiañgan (where they made their last stand before surrendering), we were the only family left in the “ghost town” of Bayombong; me, Pat, Tony, Betty, and Rudy. The Jap garrison back of our house was also abandoned after the bombing of the town. […]