Had quite a good day out on the big farm and was greeted with the following fantastic rumour on our return: All PoWs had to be at harbour concentrations by 15 June and that all Red + had to be eaten up by 11 June.
Following a period of rest & recuperation in the US (San Francisco) Harry finally returned home arriving in Southampton and travelling up to Oban, Scotland to be reunited with his family. Eventually, he would settle in Liverpool, buying up two shops, one with a milkshake bar (US influence perhaps) and
Reveille 4am. Parade 5:30am. Entrained 6am. Left Miyata 6.24. Reached Nagasaki 12.50. It is absolutely incredible but Nagasaki is in a worse condition than Quetta was after the earthquake (1935). In the whole town, which is very extensive, there are not the shells of half a dozen
Busily cleaning up and packing ready for moving tomorrow. Now, at 10 o/c to cap it all, the planes are over and dropping loads of 10 in 1 rations. Six drops were made and 500 packages of these rations collected. They will not be of any use to us