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.
29 Oct 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Sun, 2012-03-04 11:44Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 29 Oct 1942Blackout last night. Still haven't finished next to last chapter of Louie.
Great losses on Solomon Islands, both for U.S. and Japs.
Nan in hospital.
29 Oct 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-10-01 12:03Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 29 Oct 1942Quiet day today.
Targets hit so far, Whitfield barracks & 2 cruisers in Junk Bay. Quarry Bay district damaged & Peninsula Hotel.
General news good.
