18 July 1945
The Sirens were well on the go again last night.
These babies are certainly given no respite at night time. Had a few soya beans in with the rice this morning, evening also raisin stew which helped things considerably.
A few fantastic rumours: the Japanese have been given an ultimatum to either pack in or be almost immediately, 2,000 planes have now made a demonstration over Tokyo without dropping a bomb and that as soon as the Japanese hand over Taiwan to American Forces the war will end.
The Americans have raided a small island off Honshu and released 56,000 prisoners - I doubt if there's this number in Japan.