One early morning I saw a Jap officer with his sword dangling at his side walking slowly towards our hut. He appeared weak and hungry. My first instinct was to take revenge for the death of my late brother, Elix, but Pat prevented me from executing my diabolical plan and pulled me back to our […]
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1994 Memoir – 142. Japs in Touch With Us
With my knowledge of Nippongo, I easily made friends with Japs. I found out that they are friendly and even helpful if they can trust you and you understand each other. I learned my Nippongo in the Government Training Institute where I was required to study as a Civil Service employee for two months. My […]
1994 Memoir – 141. Six Months in Apad as Evacuees
It is really amazing how people can adjust themselves for survival. Without electricity, running water, telephone, TV, radio, stores, vehicles, police, government officials running the community, schools, churches, libraries, hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, doctors, dentists, medicine, matches, spices, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, barber shop, etc., etc., that are found in modern communities, people can still survive like […]
1994 Memoir – 140. The Unguarded “Death March” of Retreating Jap Soldiers
In the early days of June, 1945, we could hear the death roar of artillery shells, mortar shells, bombs, and unending staccato of gunfire west of Barrio Apad where the holed-in Japs were mercilessly pounded by liberating American forces following the landing of Gen. MacArthur in Leyte on October 20, 1944. The Japanese were pushed […]