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.
8 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-05-19 20:59Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 8 Jun 1942And exactly a half year since war began here.
Rained all day.
Japs lost several vessels around Guam, Midway & Wake Islands.
8 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2012-11-22 22:49Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 8 Jun 1942A meeting of the American Community at 2 p.m. hears reports about the repatriation: the date is still uncertain, but it will probably be the middle of next month.
Patients at Tweed Bay Hospital can now get bananas at 10 cents each.
Source:
Meeting, bananas: Maryknoll Diary, June 8
