Another alarm last night. Not too good on the farm as it rained most of the morning, so got a good soaking as we were made to work in the rain. Fortunately the sun came out in the afternoon and we dried out. The rumour has cropped up again that
Alarm last night. Sweetened coffee for breakfast. Some of the new Officers were out on the farm today. Got small portion of Red+ meat in celebration of Prince Bernhard's birthday.
Another Alarm last night. Yamma has left us but even so some of the Officers have had smaller beatings up from other guards.
The latest rumours are that both France and Russia have declared war on Japan, also that a combined French and Italian fleet are operating in these waters under our control. We are geting potatoes cooked in with our rice now and it is much more filling than rice alone, of
Another BLACK OUT last night and quite a number of planes. Bread with scraping of butter for breakfast. 45 British Officers have arrived from a camp at SONSUJI - a show camp where they had a Red+ parcel each, every fortnight and saluted nobody below the Commandant. What a rude
Very hot on the farm today. Two of us got caught by one of the guards, the other chap with an onion, myself with a daikon (Chinese Radish). He came searching our pockets, he let us off in the end with a bribe of 10 American cigarettes each plus what
Got packet American cigarettes. Rumour has it that there is a possibility of every Sunday being a Yasume day during the hot weather .
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Yasume today. Was speaking to one of the new arrivals who said that NAGASAKI, during the big raid and bombardment, was practically levelled to the ground, especially the Docks and that it was now useless as a Port, also that a large Task Force was landed at the time. He
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Another alarm last night. Sweetened coffee for breakfast. Cheese sauce with evening meal also 40 Japanese cigarettes. A few Officers got beaten up by one of the Guards (Yamnio) on the farm today. They reported the matter to the Commandant on return to Camp and he, in turn, gave them
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Bread has stopped again owing to the yeast going bad. Sweetened coffee for breakfast. The broken pieces of chocolate with raisins, flour and milk were mixed up into a sauce for the evening meal and it was exceptionally good. The sirens were on the go all day today.
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Another air raid alarm last night and I have never heard such a long continuous passage of planes overhead before. Had cheese, bread and sweetened coffee for breakfast, also packet of American cigarettes and some fruit. The new party has arrived, 100 strong but only 13 Officers amongst them, they
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Sweetened coffee for breakfast. Had to hand in one blanket so it's a sure sign that some more people are expected. Got prune sauce with the evening meal and it was sure good also got two packets American cigarettes.