18 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Mon, 18 Dec 1944
Many Happy Returns Marj darling.
Cold but bright.
Red earth & brick for Cookhouse wall.
Made another chatty for Mrs Winfield. [Entry for 15th is clearly ‘Whitfield’]
Lorry in with Canteen gear.
Cooking being done with grass.
US forces land on Mindora Island [Mindoro?] & enter Ormoc in Leyte.
Cooking oil in town costs Y116 per catty & rice 19-50.
