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72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries


7 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:04 PM PDT

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Mon, 7 Aug 1944

Wind backed to E. Lovely day for a change.

Ground rice & chopped wood.

Lorry late arrivd. 6.15pm & some districts without anything but rice.

Daily average of fish & veg. last week. .95 & 7.7ozs.

Task force around Bonins. All Jap civilians in Japan to be armed. New President of Finland chosen.

With Steve pm.

Mary lent me Y30.

Lovely starry night.

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