70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
20 Oct 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-06-11 15:42Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 20 Oct 1945Passed land on African coast; a mine spotted about 100 yards away, which a corvette came and exploded.
Confession.
Then to dance with Tony etc. Later, he, Kay and Charles Rosselet and I sat on stairs and ate rolls with meat.
20 Oct 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2015-10-21 14:45Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 20 Oct 1945Calm, warm.
Cap Bon & Blanco. Bizerts abeam 10am. Phillipville abeam 7pm. Much shipping all day.
Full moon.
