24 Feb 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Sat, 24 Feb 1945
Overcast, cold. Strong wind all night. Brightened up 11am. Overcast pm & drizzly.
Bulletin very good.
Chipping gully in Mosque.
All Bonins seem to have been taken. 130,000 seasoned & fully equipped troops in Yunnan. Four hundred odd war vessels in Bonins’ vicinity. No Burma or Euro news in today’s paper.
Lorry with wood 2.30pm.
Rec. letter May 44 from Marj bless her. She says Happy times ahead & sure she’s right.
No parcel news.
Lighter loaded yesterday in HK with building materials unloaded at pier 6pm to 10pm.
Some face slapping today, among the Water carriers, the Building material gang & Mrs Flaherty.
