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 19, 1942... 
1. Phillip Buencamino III Filipino officer POW camp Capas Tarlac: smuggled out note to my parents through a visiting doctor, it was a silly letter philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/20/apr…
2. Gen. Lewis Beebe Corregidor 4/19/42: if we can get two seaplanes from Mindanao we can ferry out 50 people at a time philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
3. David Nash Fort Hughes Manila Bay 4/19/42: Rumor that Tokyo was bombed has been confirmed philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
4. Fay Bailey American banker interned in UST 4/19/42: Rumor is that Bataan has not all been taken philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
5. John Horan USFIP commander in Cordilleras 419/42: A lot of promotions announced philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
6. Robert Davis USN MD interned in St. Scholastica's Manila 4/19/42: Japanese told us this place is to be closed and we are to be moved somewhere to be announced philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/19-…
7. George Steiger officer on Corregidor 4/19/42: We have a lot of antiquated equipment here some are trying to adap them to modern needs of warfare philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
8. Capt. Lohrn POW Camp O'Donnell 4/19/42: woke up early for physical inspection but it never happened philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
9. Fr. Juan Labrador OP Manila 4/19/42: A lot of armed robberies taking place; Santa Catalina dormitory invaded, one of the nuns was hit by a burglar philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
10. Leo Arhutick, American cpl. 4/19/42: From San Fernando to Concepcion by railway boxcar, Filipinos threw in bananas and candy to us; Japanese took away my blanket from Bataan philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
11. Tress Cates American civilian internee UST 4/19/42: The Japanese have gone even more camera-crazy than usual photographing everything about our lives here philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
12. Clinton Maupin Army medic in Hospital No. 2, Bataan 4/19/42: We have to be moved sometimes due to shelling from Corregidor; no food philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/4-1…
13. Victor Buencamino Manila 4/19/42: Special edition of paper featuring the victory of the Japanese in Bataan you can see from pictures how thin and weak our soldiers looked philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/apr…
14. Elizabeth Vaughn in Negros 4/19/42: Iloilo airport occupied by Japanese; stories of Japanese cruelty to American civilians in Cebu and Iloilo philippinediaryproject.com/1942/04/19/sun…
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