72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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15 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:22 AM PST Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-03-15 Rained. Stalin to eliminate Germany by early Winter. USA ready to attack Japan. Chiang Kai Shek prepared for counter-offensive if provided with pilots & planes? (Two years ago tonight sweetheart you threw the clock at me for being late. I wish you were here to do it again pal. I'd catch it this time though) Another 12 arrived. Sanitary & Health people.

15 Mar 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 08 Mar 2012 06:24 AM PST Book / Document:  Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-03-15 Mum and I to Confession yesterday, and to Holy Communion this morning. ((Most of the RC priests were American - Maryknoll Fathers, and there was one young Canadian priest, Father Murphy.  Confessions were heard before Mass in the Prison Officers' Club where the priest sat sideways on a chair which had a piece of material on its back to give a semblance of privacy, before which one knelt for Confession.))

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