Roll Call at 6:30 instead of 6 o/clock. Got 1 1/2 bowls of pap with a fair stew for breakfast. The latest rumour is that all of the Japanese Staff will leave the day after tomorrow and the Military Police will take over. It is expected that
No Alarms during the night. Another story comes that the Japanese Interpreter told the Dutch Officer who used to act in that capacity that Japan had submitted a White Paper to the Allies asking for an Armistice and something definite would be known within a week. The miners had an
The sirens started before we left Roll Call last night. We saw about 24 searchlights pick up and hold a plane and saw the bursts of a few ack ack shells, it was quite fascinating. Back on the Farm again today. Great news, or shall we say colossal rumours -
Food as usual today.
Food as yesterday. Plenty of plane activity all day, the sirens coming on and going off, sometimes as quickly as 1/4 hour intervals. While at work two planes passed right over our heads at only about 200 ft up, they were American. The Mine was deserted as we stopped
The Emperor is supposed to broadcast to the Nation today, this is another of the small rumours from the other day. Blackout last night. Food as yesterday, vegetable stew a little better. The 15th is supposed to be a day of prayer and Yasume. Owing to a change in Japanese
Breakfast and mid-day meals rather small. The Sgt Major has been damnable again today; this is no doubt due to the rumour about Russia being confirmed and that hostilities have commenced. Quite a fair meal this evening: a bowl of pap, 1/2 bread and a portion of soup with
The rice ration for breakfast and mid-day meals was fairly good. As we had no bread for the evening meal we got two bowls of pap. This is made up with flour and water in the same consistency as the mixture for making pancakes, but two bowls were as much
[Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, about 150km from Fukuoka] Yasume today. Roll Call and Reveille one hour later. We are getting two meals only today: a full loaf for breakfast, roughly 8ozs, and a medium bowl of rice for the evening meal. Getting weighed at 8 o/c and fire practice
Another little piece of savagery while we were waiting to be marched off to work. One of the Dutch lads got a good beating up and was kicked unmercifully whilst on the ground, he had a nasty cut over the left eye, whether by a kick or otherwise I'
Well we certainly got a shock with the rice this morning for both breakfast and mid-day meals, the amount we got was little more than what we were getting for breakfast previously. I guess tonight's meal will be just as noticeable for its scarcity as well. By the
[Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, about 280km from Fukuoka] Black Out was on pretty well all night. Rice for breakfast and mid-day meals were very short. Got another portion of rice yesterday and it certainly makes a difference to a hungry man. There was sure a heavy rumble of dull explosions