Until May 6 #PhilippineDiaryProject will mark the anniversaries of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor with the diary entries of individuals who lived through those events. Today's thread is April 12, 1942... 
1. Gen. Edward King last commander of USFIP troops in Bataan 4/12/42: Taken by car to Camp O' Donnell philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/159…
2. Victor Buencamino NARIC (today's NFA) administrator Manila 4/12/42: contrasting scenes of various reactions to the fall of Bataan philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
3. Clinton Maupin US Army MD in Hosp. No. 2, Bataan: Japanese have moved artillery near hospital and are firing on Corregidor philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
4. Tressa Cates American civilian internee UST 4/12/42: reports are all depressing philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
5. Louise Fillmore Blancaflor in Panay 4/12/42: We have evacuated to Bingawan 12 of us in a shack with pets philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/sun…
6. Corporal Leo Arhutick 4/12/42: Made it to Km 129 water hard to get philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
7. Fr. Juan Labrador OP Manila 4/12/42: Radio Corregidor tells us Japanese have landed in Cebu; Allies bomb Parañaque philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
8. George Steiger Corregidor 4/12/42: An American private committed suicide today philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
9. Robert Davis USN MD interned in St. Scholastica's Manila 4/12/42: Allies' surprise bombing of Nichols Field 10 AM; Japanese bombed Corregidor today philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/12-…
10. Gen. Basilio Valdes Melbourne, Australia 4/12/42: the President resumed Cabinet meeting today philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
11. Gladys Savary in Pasay 4/12/42: heard something at Nichols everyone insists it was bombing; so many rumors philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
12. John Horan USFIP commander in Cordilleras 4/12/42: back in Bontoc may establish HQ of my command in Kalinga philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
13. Fay Bailey American banker interned in UST: So many rumors; disappointing if not cheery philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
14. Davis Nash USS Mindanao w/ troops in Fort Hughes Manila Bay 4/12/42: Hunkering down for the siege in this small fortress philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
15. Herman Beaber American missionary Pasay 4/12/42: house shook from bombing of Nichols Field philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/sun…
16. Elizabeth Vaughn Negros 4/12/42: five towns occupied by Japanese in Cebu; San Carlos may be next target of Japanese philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/sun…
17. Gen. Lewis Beebe Corregidor 4/12/42: Wish we knew what had happened to our troops that surrendered on Bataan; ferrying medical supplies via Mindanao philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/12/apr…
18. John Burns USFIP pilot, Mindanao 4/12-13/42: A fellow pilot makes a note in this diary to end it, as the pilot was killed in action. philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/13/apr…
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