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

25 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Thu, 25 Jan 1945

Cloudy, colder. NE wind.

In workshop.

5,000 killed & wounded in raid on Wanchai last Sunday.

Taiwan raided 21st & 22nd. Advances made on Luzon to Tarlac area.

Lousy chow today. Hungry as the devil. Come on Yanks, get us out of this damned hole.

Chopped wood for Rita.

Rec.4.25Y worker’s pay for Dec.

Rice going into go-down.

Paper with-held again. 

Formosa raided by 3,000 planes yesterday?