72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
| 14 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:20 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Mon, 14 Aug 1944 Lovely clear cool night. Posted my card to Marj. Dream re Peace being signed at 2.04pm on 13th of ?. Bitter fighting & some advances made in Normandy & Brittany & in some section of Russian Front (11th) Plenty tripe re US atrocities in Burma & of forcing Chungking troops to fight at Hengyang at the point of a gun. No damage caused in our raids on Japan. Jap troops withdraw on Imphal & Mitikyina fronts. 3rd Aug. With Steve pm. Pancakes. E breeze fell & the temp. went up. Lorry arrived with veg. 7.40pm. Most people had bare rice only for the evening meal. Araid alarm 9.10 to 9.30pm. Weeks average, Fish 0.68, Veg 8.67 oz. |
| 14 Aug 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary Posted: 02 Jul 2014 06:04 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Mon, 14 Aug 1944 Florrie sends phone message Freddie, Benny Randall and others home. Thin but well treated except food inadequate. |
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