May 8, 1918 - January 25, 2011
November 7, 1995 Today I got a new post, at the MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) on Fowler Avenue past USF (University of South Florida). It is a very good, clean, elegant, pleasant place, very much better than the garbage dump on … [Continue reading]
July 14, 1995 Yesterday I thought my ability to use my right hand was totally gone! A slight touch, a little movement of my wrist gave me almost unbearable pain. I asked Maria to help me; “Do something,” I asked her. Of course, I … [Continue reading]
While eating our meal under a big tree, I was startled by a noise from dried leaves nearby. I looked around and came face to face with a big forest lizard. I got my rifle and fired at it. This alarmed the whole camp. They traced … [Continue reading]
We spent the whole day loading our truck convoy, consisting of all kinds of vehicles, including old buses commandeered for the trip to Bataan. Manila was declared as an OPEN CITY to free it from all military objectives. And so we had to get … [Continue reading]
Pat’s mother and older sister, Aning, with her two children, Rudy and Ruth, spent their weekend with us from their apartment in Rizal Avenue, Manila. I left them for my work on Monday morning, December 8, 1941, not knowing that Pearl Harbor had … [Continue reading]
Before we got married, I made arrangements with a co-soldier, Pedro Tameray, who was a Corporal like me, for us to live with him and his wife in a small house on Loreto Street, Sampaloc, Manila. The house consisted of two elevated rooms and a … [Continue reading]