09 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

09 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Tue, 9 Jan 1945

Overcast, cold. NE wind.

No work, no rations, hungry.

Water on.

Jap say Pacific situation grave. British Pacific Fleet in Aust. 8th. Landing force at San Fernando 6th in Luzon. Churchill, Stalin & Roosevelt to meet after 20th. All seems to be going well for us. Montgomery created Field Marshall.