18 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Thu, 18 Jan 1945
Cloudy, cold, S wind.
Hosp. Cookhouse brickwork.
A/R alarms 11.15-noon, 12.45pm-1.45pm, 3.00-3.50pm.
Lorry with nothing 4pm.
Macao, Swatow & Canton raided 16th. Jap paper reports 49 killed & injured here in camp & that all buildings have white crosses on them. Lying yellow bastards. They do not tell the people why our planes had need to come so close to Camp nor why they had need to drop bombs around neutral Macao.
Big offensives started on Western & Russian fronts & more troops landed on Luzon.
Gusty wind & rain pm.
