a > - ets ec = “"FRaNSLATION OF, seer DIARY OF PROBATIONAL OFFICER KAN NAKAMURA OF SANO GROUP, SHOJt BUTA, TAKIZAWA BUTAL, MATSUAGA TAT, SEPTEMBER 19, 19)2 SY St MACE A Cn Meek Cave eae ee eee THAT THE ORDER, TO GO TO THE FRONT, WILL BE COMPLETED SOMETIME a” WHEN | THINK I'M GOING TO THE COMBAT AREA | FEEL VERY HAPPY AND | Atl DETERMINED TO 00 MY BEST, WE ARE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ORDERS TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 20, 19h2 = AWOKE AT 0700 AND WE PACKED MATERIAL ALL DAY. TODAY | WAS SO BUSY # COULDN'T BEEP MY MIND ON ONE THING. ALL THE SOLDIERS ARE ALSO PACKING, ORGANIZING THE PLATOON EQUIPMENT ETC. EVERYONE 1S WORRIED A LITTLE. AT 1800 WE ASSEMBLED IN ONE PLACE ALL THE EQUIPMENT WHICH SHOULD BE CARRIED BY THE BUTAI. EVERYTHING 1S ROUGHLY DONE AND IT TOOK ALL DAY. THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE MOVEMENT WAS ONE AND FINALLY 1 WONDER WHERE OUR DESTINATION W aie BE, 1 Al DETERMINED TO DESTROY THE fe ENEWY FORCE TO THE LAST SOLDIER. SEPTEMBER 21, 19h2 - TODAY | AM OFFICER OF THE DAY, LAST NIGHT 1 WAS VERY BUSY BECAUSE PLENTY OF ORDERS CAME INe 1 W oxgut PACKED. YESTENDN PACKING. | PACKED ante ee WHATEVER THAT WASN'T PACKED YESTERDAY. EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETED 1 NOON BUT | JUST COULDN'T KEEP CALM. THEY SAY THAT WE WILL DEPART Ti ly O16 A Liftte WORRIED GOING INTO COMBAT AREA AS A PLATOON COMMANDER FOR THE FIRST aa BUT 1'M GOING TO DO MY BEST. THERE 1S = A DESPERATE FIGHT BEFORE US AND WE WILL FIGHT TO THE END WITH COURAGE SEPTEMBER 22, 192 « THE. ROADS CONSTRUCTED oF 9081 T Io WAS EXCELLENT SO That THE ores SECTOR OF SUUATRA Witt Be PRO CTED. §N COMPARING BERAWAN WHAT A HOT PLACE SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 = IT LOOKS LIKE 1T WILL BE HOT AGAIN TODAY. TIME OF OUR EMBARKe ATION HASN*T BEEN DECIDED UPON YET. IN THE MORNING 1 VISITED THE EIGHTH COMPANY AND WHEN | Ad BACK LT tNOUYE WAS GIVING CALESTHENICS, THEN | NORTHWEST FIELD. VISITED THE -1-o SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 - CONTINUED = 1 CAME UPON A HOLLANDERS HOME AND THEY ALL SEEMED CAREFREE TO ME SO THEY 1D NOT CONVEY ANY FEELING THAT THEY WERE WITHOUT A_ COUNTRY» TOWARDS VENING WE HAD A SQUALL AND AT THE TIME | RECEIVED TWO LETTERS FROM HOME | AND ONE LETTER FROM A FRIEND, THAT FEELING OF RECEIVING A LETTER FROM HOME CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS, AT 2230 THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDER INDICATED THE OBJECT OF OUR OPERATIONS, SEPTEMBER 2), 1912 © CLEAR = 1 STAYED IN THE BARRACKS Mol FOR TWE PIER AND IT TOOK US HALF AM HOUR TO Get HO! 4700; 1 REPORTED 10 THe, CAPTAIN OF THE 2 ‘AIN OF THE SHIP AND | INTRODUCED MYSELF RECEIVING A CORDIAL GREETING. THE NAME OF THIS, SHIP 18. «1 YOZURL MARU WHICH WE DEPARTED Fi MEANS "VERY CLEAR" AND | WANT TO BE THA’ HARBOR AT 1800 AND THE SHIP SAILED ON A ROUTE TO THE EAST. THE MOON Was SHINING BR IGHTLY IN THE SKY AND SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WAS WISHING US SUCCESS IN THE FUTURES | SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 = FRIDAY = THE SHIP 1S STILL SAILING EAST AND THEY SAY WE'LL BE PASSING OFF THE SHORES OF SINGAPORE AT 1600. THE KAMAKURA MARU WILL BE DOCKING AT THAT TIWE IN SINGAPORE AND IT 1S AN EXCELLENT SHIP. IT SAID THAT THE 18 AN EXCHANGE SHIP <= T.Ne == KAMAKURA MARU WAS A ASSENGER LINER NYK BETWEEN JAPAN AND UsSe AND THE FORMER NAME WAS CHICHIBU MARU==» SEEMS AS THOUGH OUR CAPTAIN LIKES THE RECITATION OF CHINESE POEMS. wt A KAJID0 FESTIVAL AND | THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST soo 1 THINK THERE WILL BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL MOON TONIGHTs 1 WENT SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 = SATURDAY = CLEAR = FEEL 1 CANNOT SAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE NORTHERN TIP OF BORNE TODAYSAT 4 4 SAW A SPECK TO OUR NORTH WHICH SEEMED LIKE AN ISLANDs 17 wusTt BORNEO, BUT I*M NOT INTERESTED. 1 HAVE BEEN READING SO MANY NOVELS THAT 1 DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH I'M’ GOING INTO COMBAT, | WANT TO HAVE THIS FEELING ALL THE TIME AND 00 THINGS CALMLY» SEPTEMBER 27, 192 + SUNDAY ~ CLEAR @ AWOKE AND THE SKY WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE» AWAY armour ANY INCIDENT. THE SHIP 1S su TO THE EAST AND SOON. STRAITS. IN Me OUGHT TO BE IW THE UACASSAR,STRAITSS IN Tey WAPPILYs AROUND. 1500 MEA SEPTEMBER 26,1942 © MONDAY « CLEAR 1 AWOKE AND THE MORNING 1S VERY BEAUTIFUL AND | FEEL VERY REFRESHED, THE SHIP 1S SAILING DUE NORTH THROUGH MAKASSAR STRAITS AND OFF THE PORT SIDE | CAN SEE THE SHORE OF BORNEO, AFTER SUPPER, THE CAPTAIN OF THE oo ae KUMESAK! RECITED CHINESE POEZMS AND IT CERTAINLY WAS A PLEASURE HEARING IT, HEREAFTER WE ARE GOING TO NICKNAME HIM *ICHIGANS AFTER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, CAPTAIN KUROSAK! IS S6 YEARS GO YEARS OLD, THESE WERE REVEALED DURING THE SE OF JERSATION, THE HAG! = RICE CAKE COVERED WITH JAM = WE ATE WAS VERY DELICIOUS, TONIGHT | BELIEVE WE*LD CROSS THE EQUATOR AGAIN» SEPTEMBER 29,1942 = TUESDAY = CLEAR SOME SHIPS COURSE, uct 1 READ NOVELS IN THE SALON, IT CERTAINLY IS HOT. ¢ WENT ON DECK AND GAZED AT THE STARS AND FINALLY DOZED OFF TO SLEEP, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH TOMORROW WILLA BE ANOTHER FINE DAY. SEPTEMBER 30,1942 @ WENSDAY ~ CLEAR THE EXHILARATIONG FEELING OF THE MORNING CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS, TODAY WAS WASH DAY,SO UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS ARE HUNG ON A LINE ON THE AFT DECK, IN E AFTERNOON, WE TOOK A COMBINED PICTURE OF THE ARMY AND NAVY PERSONNEL FOR SOUVERNIRS PURPOSES, IN THE EVENING, DEB, OFF THE PORT SIDE SEE A MOUNTAIN RESEMBLING MT,FUJ1 IN JAPAN AND THIS MOUNTAIN IS AN ACTIVE VODVANO, 17 SEEMS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, AROUND 1830 1T BECAME DARK AND | WONDERED WHAT MY PARENTS WERE DOING NOW. OCTOBER SUPTLADER 11942 = THURSDAY = CLEARS ITS ALREADY OCTOBER AND THE DAYS CERTAINLY PASS RAPIDLY. SINCE EMBARKING EIGHT DAYS HAVE ALREADY PASSED AND EVERY DAY WAS VERY CALM, IN THE AFTERNOON | GOT A HAIRCUT AND FELT VERY REFRESHED, TODAY THE UARTERS MET, AT NOGHT § EMHOYED MYSELF IN THE DINNER ROOM AND PLA’ "GO" = JAPANESE CHECKERS <= WITH LT.KATE AND | BEAT HIM, WE PASSED NORTH OF MANDAO, TONIGHT $*M HOPING TO HAVE A SWEET DREAM LIKE THE ONE 1 HAD LAST NIGHT, THEY SAY OUR SHIP 1S GOING TO THE SOUTH SEAS, OCTOBER 2,1942 = FRIDAY = CLEAR IT RAINED TILL ABOUT 0900 AND THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS DID THEIR LAUNDRY AND SHOWE! 1 WASHED MY UNDERSHI SHORTS, ECT TOO. IN THE arrears a8 USUAL IT WAS FINE WEATHER, TODAY I "i ThE OFFICER OF THE DAYs! HEARD VARIOUS WAR STORIES FROM 2ND LT. KATO, THE SHIP IS SAILING EASTWARD ON THE SOUTH SEA_ON THE NORTHERN TIP OF NEW GUINEA. | GUESS WE*LL GROSS THE EQUATOR AGAIN THIS EVENTNG, | WONDER WHAT i 2 i q z 3 ii : :53,1942 = SATURDAN = RAIN i ! eos Rut ae ae ge BE z i 5 Bee, eet ae f ae wepi Fe esbedee oi ee f ; aul ailing: ee refs! zertaeds S siltbest aur SUE 5 inlet algieocg § siftztes is Hart | Siece-2t waegeseg wstettes af pesis * Gite: He ae Hage! 4 plats ¢ tayeta? fe bus ie a Fel 3 ies ie go sede ¢ tedden © "Hhscthe | -usstac?m 25 ae a > 2 z= 35 = ae ! zs | Siete # abby ciel ty Beate | ia Gibvseinieeaneaian cae eo i GAMEOCTOBER 28, 1942 = WEDNESDAY + CLEAR OCTOBER 29, 1942 = THURSDAY = CLEAR repseveg — 5-5SPe3 ante, | tebe pltiice: ' ae? 285, EEgecgess &

THAT THE MACHINE GUN ANB THE INFANTRY GUN TONS WILL RUAN. MERES AND THe REST OF THE COMPANIES LEA’ FOR LOANAL. ‘ WENT TO SLEEP EARLY AND THERE WAS NO AIR RAIDS. NOVEMBER 4, 1942 + WEDNESDAY, CLEAR+ CLOUDY + RAIN AWOKE AT 0430 AND THE CEREMONY FOR THE READYING OF THE IMPERIAL PT bg HELD (N_THE ASSEMBLY ieee THRTER BREAKFAST | VISITED C AREA OF TTH ar '¢ WNOUYE AND 2ND LT, ue AND ATE KARINTO FRIED DOUGH CAKES) WITH IST_LT. LANAI. IN foe ae IT otter te RAINING AND WHILE @#NOUYE, KATO AND MYSELF Back i She RA fe RAlie THE BEPARTU! nro 47 RAINED AT NIGHT AND AFTER MIDNIGHT WE HAD AWN A’ e EF 210< Ne c NOVEMBER S, 1942 ~ THURSDAY ~ CLOUDY = SOMETINES RAIN ACH UE RS WE — sl 1942 » FRIDAY ~ RAIN meme Ty 1942 = SATURDAY + RAIN eeeie ianeiine ee oe at is oetren ty Eran nyt ot Ube aT fy eee da as TALKING TO LT. NOVEMBER G, 1942 = SUNDAY ~ ans - ham ere on ale AFTER eet ING CERTAINLY Mae tai at ® ave ouT ees Seka ar SoneeT nave Seen deanna = MONDAY ~ OLEAR ee A SSE : Pung ot nee note fan SS ens mae 2300 | HEARD VAR STORIES ABOUT Tc KAW. FRO NAVAL OFF ISchSe THEY TOLD Ae SRT OU TRPCRIAL WAVY 49 BYR? THe BEST IN THE ote< NOVEMBER 10, 1942 = TUESDAY = CLEAR 1 AWBKE AT O600 BUT RHE NAVAL MEN a ine a UP SINCE 6330, THE DESTROYER LEFT FOR GUADALCANAL AT 0900, LIFE ON THE DESTROYER !S MUCH BETTER THAN ! HAD THOUGHT AND THE NAVAL OFFICERS ARE THE FINEST AND TREATED US VERY GOOD. THE ARMAMENT ON OUR ene 7. THE BEST WN THE WORLD AND THE SPEED 1S SO GREAT THAT | COULDN T STAND ON THE DECK, WE DISEMBARKED AT 2200 AND LANDED ON TASSAFARONGA, GUADALCANAL. FOR THE FIRST TIME 1 FELT AS THOUGH | WAS ACTUALLY IN The BATTLEFIELD. NOVEMBER 11, 1942 - WEDNESDAY ~ CLEAR AFTER LANDING WHILE WE WERE MAKING LIASONS THE NIGHT SLOWLY TURNED TO DAWN, WE STARTED TO CONSTRUCT A TREANCH FOR FEAR OF AN AIR RAID. 1 CAN HEAR THE CONSTAYT ROAR OF GUNS FROM THE FRONT LINES. IT SEEMS AS IF OUR FORCES AREN T FIRING A SINGLE SHOT AS THEY HAVE NO ANNUN] ITION OR RATIONS, SOMETIMES THE ENEMY PLANES WOULD COME AND STRAFE US. IT MAKES ME BOIL WITH ANGER WHEN THEY COME TO STRAFE US. WE CAN ONLY COOK AT NIGHT, EVERY DAY | SEE MANY WOUNBED MEN, LT. KATO, WITH 70 MEN, TRANSPORTED RATIONS TO THE FRONT LINES. NOVEMBER 12, 1942 = THURSDAY - CLEAR ON (auapatcanat) ALL DAY LONG | CAN HEAR THE ROAR OF ARTILLERY GUNS IN-THE FRONT B@NES, THE ENEMY PLANES FLEW OVER THE HEADS OF OUR FORCES AND STRAFED, OUR BIVOUAC RECEIVED A BOMBARDMENT FROM THE ENEMY VESSELS AND THE SHRAPNEL WAS FLYING ALL AROUND US, THE ENEMY MIGHT ATTEMPT A LANDING SO WE ARE_IN OUR GUN POSITIONS, WE MOVED OUR BIVOUAC AREA TO THE REAR OF THE BATTALION COMMAND POST, AT NIGHT WE TRANSPORTED AMMUNITION TO THE FRONT LINES AND IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS, AROUND 2400 IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WAS A SEA BATTLE. THE SHELLS FROM OUR GUNS AND THE ENEMY GUNS WERE FLYING ALL OVER. NOVEMBER 13, 1942 = 7/MASBKY FRIDAY ~ CLEAR 1 RETURNED FROM TRANSPORTING AMMUNITION TO OUT FRONT LINES, EIGHT MILES ONE WAY, AROUND 0200 AND PROBATIONAL KATSURO WAS STILL TRANS- PORTING AMMUNET ION FROM THE BEACH INTO THE JUNGLES SO | HELPED HIM.1 SEEMED AS THOUGH THE SOLDIERS WERE ALL TIRED OUT. AFTER RETURNING To THE BIVOUAC AREA AROUND 0330 | HAD BREAKFAST. | HEKPED CONSTRUCT A TRENCH UNTIL 0700. SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT EVERYBODY WAS EXHAUSTED, UNTIL 1300 THE ENTIRE PLATOON SLEPT, THEN WE BEGAN DOING VARIOUS DUTIES, FROM TODAY ON WE CAN ONLY EAT ONE AND ONE HALF RATIONS A DAY, THERE IS NO WAY OF GETTING RATIONS. IN THE EVENING WE HAD A SQUALL, WE ARE EXPECTING A TRANSPORT TO COME TONIGHT. eC o12=Te Mkt aa Eth ahs is oat a ne iE zHe ekg Nie aie shat T-fstle | coygptl Foadutegs Viney ita) gee Wee: ae Gia tigte ieee i Hit i ae 3 sul jE: rg, ieee jaca: j Wie eee TG Vial tg | see Hae gee ge} a UL pereie “eeiee | files! bea teNOVEMBER 18,1942 + WEDNESDAY ~ CLEAR NOVEMBER 19,1942 « THURSDAY = ol4e€ NOVEMBER 22,1942 « SUNDAY « CLEAR THIS MORNING WHEN | AWOKE IT WAS A WERE RECONNOITERING AS USUAL, IN. THE WESTERN DIRECTION THEY ARE STRAFING THE TROOPS, AT NOON PROBATI ONAL SAID THAT 15 OFFICERS AND 200 MEN WERE KILLED. IN ACT! TOMORROW THA PLAN 1S TO DIG BENCHES, IN. AND {T SEEMS THAT THE ENEMY 1S BRINGING | MEN WHO WERE AT THE FRONT LINES ON DETAIL RETURNED HAIGHKAIMAYDA WAS SENT TO THE FRONT LINE ON A DETAIL, NOVEMBER 23,1942 = MONDAY + CLEAR 1 AWOKE BEFORE REVILLE, LAST NIGHT {T CERTAINLY GOT COLD, WHEN WE RETURN FROM WASHING I! THE STREAM THE SOLDIERS WERE STILL ASLEEP,AROUND WE CONSTRUCTED EMPLACEMENTS AND. BIVOUAC AREA, | SENT SECTION LEADER SHIMAZAWA TO SEE WHAT THE CONDITION OF MIWA HAD BEEN SINCE THE LAST TIME | SAW HIM, ¢ BELEIVE HE WILD COME HOME TONIGHT, SUZUKI AND SATO WENT ON A RATION DETAIL, ALL DAY LONG THE GUNS WERE ROARING ON THE FRONT. NOVEMBER 24,1942 = TUESDAY = CLEAR NOVEMBER 25,1942 = WEDNESDAY = CLEAR DURING THE DAY THERE ISNT MUCH GHANCE. THE ENEMY PLANES ARE AROUND 1 EXCHANGED PATROL YAFUSA 1S.§ w NOVEMBER 26, 1942 - THURSDAY ~ CLEAR {1 AWOKE AND FOUND THAT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. tN THE FORENOON WHEN | FINISHED THE GUN INSPECTION THEY WERE SAVING THAT WE WERE GOING TO THE BEACH FOR GUARD DUTY. IN THE AFTERNOON THE CO. NEAR THE ENTRANCE AND WATNABO BEHIND, SINCE OUR DEPARTURE WAS LATE AND WE REACH OUR DESTINATION WE GIVOUACED NEAR THE UIMA RAVER. IN THE AFTER~ NOON PROBATIONAL OFFICERS MASUDA AND KOMO WERE IN THE GEST OF HEALTH, AND THAT EVENING PROBATIONAL OFFICERS KIKUCHI, TAKADERA AND SAWAMURA WERE KILLED IN ACTION. PROBATIONAL OFFICERS Fudil, TAKASH IMA, HENDA, SATSUGAWA, SATO AND OKI WERE WOUNDED. NOVEMBER 27, 1942 ~ FRIDAY - GLEAR WE WENT TO THE BEACH EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WHEN IT BECAME LIGHT WE WENT TO THE SUIMU RIVER (AMMUNITION DISTRIGUTION POINT) AND CONSTRUCTED TRENCHES. THEN RESTED THE BALANCE OF THE DAY. ENEMY PLANES COULDN'T LOCATE OUR POSITION, BUT THEY le THEY FLEW SO LOW WE GOULD SEE ‘2 | CAME MORNING, 1 SLEPT TILL EVENING. AT 1800 WE WENT TO GUARD THE BEACH, SINCE We FROM THE ENTRANCE TO MARUYAMA ROAD AND BIVOUACED. IMMEDIATELY STARTED COOKING, WE COOKED ONLY ONE THIRD OF ONE RATION. WE NOVEMBER 28, 1942 - SATURDAY = CLEAR LAST NIGHT 1 SLEPT ON TOP OF THE SHELTER AND WHEN | AWOKE THE * ‘SUN UP. THE ENEMY PLANES ARE CONSTANTLY STRAFING AROUND THE BEACH AREA AND THE ENTRANCE TO MARUYAMA ROAD, STRAFING BY THE TODAY ENEMY PLANES DID NOT COME, WHEN THE ENEMY PLANES DO NOT COME IT 18 VERY CALM, ACCORDING TO TODAYS REPORTS, THE ENEMY ATTEMPTED LANDINGS AT THE TASSAFARONGA AREA WE COMPLETED -6-S ~ NOVEMBER 50, 1942 - WONDAY - CLEAR = RAIN TODAY AS USUAL THE ENEMY PLANES ARE FLYING AROUND AND STRAF ING. THE ENEMY ARTILLERY SOMBARDMENT OF LAST NIGHT CEASED AT DAWN. IN THE MORNING WE PITCHED TENTS ON TOP OF OUR SHELTERS. IT ne ih THE AFTERNOON, AROUND 1600 | HEARD A TERRIFIC SOUND OF GUNS AND RIFLES ON THE BEACH SO | GOMMUNICATED REGARDING THE ENEMY POSITIONS. WITH THE COOPERATION OF OUR PLAI 1 FELT VERY STRONG TODAY. OUR ARTILLERY FIRE CONTINUED INTO THE NIGHT. AT NIGHT | ATE RIGE BRUEL. AS USUAL | FELL ASLEEP a= begga TODAY 18 THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER TOMORROW 1S ALREADY DECEMBER. DECEMBER 1, 1942 - TUESDAY ~ CLEAR ~ CLOUDY TODAY THE ENEMY PLANES a = OVER VERY MUCH. THIS MORNING LANGE CORPORAL KATSU MATA BROUGHT ME SOME COCONUTS, | CERTAINLY FELT REFRESHED WHEN | DRANK THE COCONUT JUICE, DURING THE DAY | SLEPT IN THE ITY OF THE MEN IN OUR PLATOON HAVE THE FEVER. JOINED Use ACCORDING TO TODAYS. INTELL IGENGE INFORMATION THE RESULTS OF THE SEA BATTLE WERE ONE ENEMY BATTLESHIP ENEMY CRUISERS, AND Two DESTROYERS. SuNiKe OTHER THAN THAT IT 19 SAID THAT ONE. THOUSAND SACKS AND MANY SWEET GOODS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE, bot eet VERY STRONG. DECEMBER 2, 1942 = WEDNESDAY = CLEAR = RAIN TODAY THE ACTIVITIES OF ENEMY PLANES ARE The, schon To oe oi LANCE REGIMENT, HE SAID OKI WAS KILLED 1M ONAL, OFFICER MESUDA 18 MISSING IN pore fa sae re ree AND a ah oF 3904 CENTIGRADES TOLD US IT TS ALITTLE WHILE LONGER eyed ote DECEMBER 3, 1942 - THURSDAY - CLEAR -DRIZZLE FROM EVENING TODAY THE ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY am eh ey sah Te ENEMY View ten eds Cane oe oo MY HEAD VERY HEAVY HAD YESTERDAY. HAD THE ORDERLY COOL UY MEADs Ds SEEMS LIKE SUaLYANA STILL Mat a FEVERS 1 WAS ORDERED TO ALTERNATE WITH THE GUARD COMMANDER INOYE IN COMMANDING THE GUARDS ON THE BEACH. =e Sau T tat eae ee J FEEL GROGGY ON ACCOUNT OF TO REPORT AND AFTER THAT | WENT TO SLEEP, TT STARTED RAINING FROM EVENING. | REALLY HATE RAIN, g ® -Wwe-© wy DECEMBER 4, 1942 = FRIDAY ~ CLEAR - RAIN TODAY THE ENEMY DIDN'T COME AROUND ALL DAY AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, BUT | WASN'T FEELING GOOD. IN THE MORNING | ALTERNATED GUARD DUTY WITH IST LT INOYE FOR THIS REASON MY RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BECOME VERY GREAT. WHILE | AM ON DUTY | DO NOT WANT ANY CASUALTIES AMONG MY MEN IF IT 1S HUMANLY POSSIBLE. THE POSITIONS ISN'T COMPLETED BUT SINCE 1 HAVE A FEVER, | CAN'T DO JUST WHAT | WANT TO DO, TOWARDS EVENING MY FEVER HAS INCREASED AND | DREAD BEING SICK, AT NIGHT | COULDN'T MOVE AROUND z = HAVE LIKED. AT LEAST | CAN EAT GOCONUTS AS THERE IS A TREE NEAR ME. | DECEMBER S, 1942 = SARURDAY = CLEAR WE HAD FINE WEATHER BUT SINCE | STILL HAVE A FEVER, MY pa DOES NOT TASTE GOOD. | ATE RICE GRUEL. AT LEAST | DRANK PLENTY COCOANUT MILK. IN THE AFTERNOON | SAW TWO ENEMY SHIPS THAT LOOKED LiKE DESTROYERS OFF SHORE. THE NUMBER OF ENEMY PLANES THAT CAME WAS VERY FEW. AROUND 1530 THEY DROPPED ONE BOMB ABOUT 1500 METERS AWAY FROM HERE, BUT NO CASUALTIES TONIGHT | GUESS WE WILL GET AN ENEMY ATTACK AND i HOPE THAT MY FEVER WILL DROP. DECEMBER 6, 1942 - SUNDAY -CLEAR IT 18 VERY CLEAR AND SINCE 1 HAVE NO FEVER, | FEEL FINE. | AWOKE EARLY AND WENT TO THE RIVER TO BATHE AND WASH MY SLoTHES. ON THE WAY BACK, ENEMY PLANES GAME AND STRAFED, . THOUGH IT 1S SUNDAY. THE ENEMY CERTAINLY AGTIVE FROM EARLY MORNING AND THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE DURING THE DAY. FROM 1500 YESTERDAY, OUR BATTALtol WAS PUT UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE SECOND BATTALION. AFTER BREAI | WENT @N RECONNAISANCE OF THE BEACH FOR ALL DAY, WITH CORPORAL sOyena OF THE STH COMPANY. IN THE MORNING | SENT BACK ANAGSA SUZUKI OF THE 18T ‘TOON TO HIS COMPANY, GORO YAMAMOTO AND KAN SUZKI OF THE 1ST PLATOON TO THE BEACH FOR GUARD DUTY. NISHIO"S PHYSICAL CONDITION 1S VERY * DECEMBER 7, 1942 - MONDAY = CLEAR ~- 3 ENEMY VESSELS. THIS MORNING | SENT SATO OUT LAISON WITH THE COMPANY AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING NEW HAPPENING AT THE COMPANY LAST NIGHT. THE COMMUNICATION 1s GooD ae ee THEY SENT TWO MEN TO US TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH @ATTALION HEADQU JARTERS. FROMO90O TO 1600 ENEMY VESSELS BOMBARDED US ESPECIALLY "ERO THE BEACH AREA, SO WE WITHDREW ALL OUR SPECIAL SENTRIES. THE PROJECTILES FELL ALL AROUND THE THE SHELTERS AND IN THE NEIGHBORING UNIT, THERE WAS TEN MEN KILLED. TOWARDS EVENING THE FIRING CEASED AND EVERY- THING BECAME GALM. | WONDER WHAT MY PARENTS ARE DOING NOW, ANTICIPATING AN ATTACK TOMORROW MORNING, WE SLEPT WITH OUR GAITERS ON,2 © DECEMBER 8, 1942 - TUESDAY - CLEAR ~ FOUR ENEMY VESSELS 1 AWOKE AT O700 AND THE ENTIRE GUARD UNIT ASSEMBLED BEFOR SHELTER AND WORSHIPPED THE EMPORERORER AND WE ALSO PAID A SiLeNT Trioure TO THE SOLDIERS WiO DIED IN BATTLE. IT 18 EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE DECLARATION OB ae BOTH THE ENEMY AND OUR FORCES WERE QUIET ALL DAYs AT NOON THE ENEMY PLANES oe bes STRAFE US. WE FINALLY COMMUNICATED WITH BATTALION OW HEADGUARTERS A TELEPHONE, AND FOUND THAT THE BATTALION COMMANDER WAS KILLED IN ROT ION, AND THERE WERE MANY OTHER CASUALTIES. IN OUR COMPANY LANCE CORPORAL NISH! WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ITIS SAID THAT GREAT DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED fore oY YESTERDAY'S BOMBARDMENT. THE AIRPORT WILL SE COMPLETED SY THE 15TH AND THE AIR FORCE COMMANDER ITOBANA WILL COOPERATE WITH US BY BRINGING 4000 PLANES HERE. RUNNER NISHIO WAS ILL OF GOCOANUT MILK. 1 GUESS LY PARENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT Mey ' WONDER uMAT THEY ARE DOING. DECEMBER 9, 1942 = THURSDAY - RAIN AT NIGHT - 3 ENEMY VESSELS Be ate nae nae ce caine eee THEY STRAFED THE ENTRANCE OF MARUYAMA ROAD ONCE OR TWICE. THERE WERE NO ENEMY — LLERY BARRAGES, SO WE PASSED THE DAY SAFELY. 1! HOPE TOMORROW WILL LIKE TODAY. LANCE CORPORAL KATSUMATA sat A_COCOANUT TREE AND KNOCKED DOWN PLENTY OF NUTS. IN THE AFTERNOON THE FIRST SECTION WENT TO CATCH CRABS, AND WE HAD A DELICIOUS CRAS SUPPER, THE DELICHOUS. "Ml EXPECTING TO ALTERNATE WITH ISAMU TAKESHITA AND SHOICHI SATO AS THEY ARE BOTH NOT FEELING WELL, THEY SAY NANISHIO, MAYEDA AND KANCHARA AREN'T FEELING VERY WELL EITHER. IT SEEMS THAT | RECEIVED NY COMMISSION AS 2ND LT ON DEGEMBER 1ST BUT AS YET | HAVE SEEN NO ORDER. DECEMBER 10, 1942 ~ NO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY DECEMBER 11, 1942 - SATURDAY ~ CLEAR ~ 3 ENEMY VESSELS AND A TRANSPORT MILKe etn ranee gaara “AND re T THE MEN ON GUARD DUTY WILL NOT MEET WITH ANY ACCIDENTS. DECEMBER 12, 1942 ~ NO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY DECEMBER 13, 1942 - WO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY DECEMBER 14, 1942 - NO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY DECEMBER 15, 1942 - NO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY n19-2 - DECEMBER 16, 1942 - WEDNESDAY - CLEAR WE AWOKE AT 0230 AND CONTINUED ON OUR WAY AT DAYBREAK, WE ARRIVED IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENTRANCE TO MARUYAMA ROAD, WE TOOK OUR RATIONS TO THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE BATTALION RATIONS, THIS ENDED MY MISSION, LAST NIGHT JOICHI MATSUMURA OF THE 1ST PLATOON DIED FROM SICK~ NESS, SO WE BURIED HIM NEAR THE BIVOUAC AREA, IN THE MORNING | WENT TO PROVISIONAL OFFICER HAYAFUSA'S TENT AND SLEPT, AS | WAS VERY TIRED. IN THE AFTERNOON | FELT REFRESHED. | PITCHED TENT AND FIXED MY BUNK, THE ENEMY ARTILLERY 1S COMPARATIVELY ACTIVE AND THE ENEMY PLANES ARE FLYING a AS USUAL. AT NIGHT 1 MUST HAVE BEEN TIRED AS | FELL SSLEEP HATELY. DECEMBER 17, 1942 ~ THURSDAY = CLEAR TODAY | FEEL RATHER TIRED. THE ENEMY PLANES ARE QUITE ACTIVE THIS MORNING, NOBAYASH! FOUND SOME BACON ON THE BEACH, SO THE ENTIRE PERSONNEL ATE IT. TODAY | RECEIVED ORDERS TO GO DRAW RATIONS SO_| LEFT AT 2000. DECIDED TO BIVOUAC 1000 METERS PAST TASSARARONGA. IN THE BATTALION GUN SECTION, TWO MEN DIED OF SICKNESS AT NOON, PROBATIONAL OFFICER MATSURO isn't FEELING WELL. | HEAR FROM 2ND LT KATO THAT PROBATIONAL OFFICER YAMAMOTO DIED IN ACTION. ‘DECEMBER 18, 1942 - FRIDAY ~ CLEAR | AWOKE AT 0300 AND MARCHED TWO HOURS IN THE JUNGLE IN VICINITY OF THE HOSPITAL AND RESTED THERE. | DEPARTED AT 1000 WITH TWO MEN AND THE REMAINING MEN WILL BE IN GHARGE OF CORPORAL SATO, WHO WILL LEAVE WITH THEM AROUND 1600. {| ARRIVED SAFELY AT GAPE ESPERANCE AT 1400. TODAY THE PROVISIONS DIDN'T COME IN, SO | DECIDED TO STAY HERE, UNTIL THE TRANSPORT GOMES IN WE GAN ONLY EAT ABOUT 8 SHAKU (.03176 GAL)" PER DAY. DECEMBER 19, 1942 ~ SATURDAY - CLEAR WHEN | AWOKE | CONTACTED SECTION LEADER SATO AND HE SAID THAT ON Am THE WAY THEY WERE STRAFED BY ENEMY mt AND SATORU OAKI WAS KILLED. | WAS. SH GUT | GUESS THAT IS FATE. | WENT TO DRAW RATIONS AT 1000, iT THEY ME TO GOME BACK AT 1600, WHEN | WENT AT 1600 THEY ASKED ME Bu TO COME AT 1600 TOMORROW, SO | SKEMX SENT SATO AND FOUR MEN TO THE RATION DISTRIGUTION POINT. TODAY | SLEPT EARLY AND DIDN'T EAT ANY RICE, SO MY STOMACH FEELS EMPTY. DECEMBER 20, 1942 = SUNDAY - CLEAR THE WEATHER 1S FINE THIS MORNING. | WENT TO THE BEACH, | SAW PLENTY OF GRABS AND SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE RATIONS WE COOKED AND ATE THEM, | SENT THE ENTIRE PERSONNEL TO THE UPPER STREAM TO GET YAMS. AT 1400, | WENT TO THE RATION DISTRIBUTION POINT AND THEY TOLD US WE COULD HAVE ONE DAY'S RATIONS, SO | FELT QUITE HABPY. GORPORAL UMINO AND 30 MEM RETURNED TO THE UNIT WITH RATIONS, MEN WHO WENT TO GET YAMS aman AT 1500 WITH A TENT FULL OF YAMS. | G@AW 4 ENEMY SHIPS SAILING iAFDs -20-Ne DECEMBER 21, 1942 © MONDAY + CLEAR + EVENING RAIN THIS MORNING WE ATE YAMS AND FRIED RICE, AT NOON WE FILLED OUR STOMACHS WITH YAM SOUP, | DIDN*T EVEN DREAM THAT WE COULD EAT THINGS tixe THESE ON GUADALCANAL, WELL 1 GUESS 1 CAN DIE ANY TIME NOW, AT 1500 J WENT TO THE RATION DUMP, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THE RATIONS WOULD TOWOROW EVENING § AM GOING BACK TO THE COMPANY, THE ENEMY PLANES WERE NOT ACTIVE ALL DAY. 1 ATE SO MUCH AT BREAKFAST AND DINNER THAT § COULDN'T EAT MUCH AT SUPPER, THE RAIN 18 FALLING AND 1 WENT TO SLEEP IMMEDIATELY. DECEMBER 22, 192 = TUESDAY = CLEAR = EVENING RAIN 1 DECIDED TO START BACK TO THE COMPANY THIS EVENING, KATSUMA AND THREE MEN WENT TO GET MORE YAMS, AT 1300 THEY CAME BACK WITH MANY PINE} APPLES, 1T HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE | TASTED PINEAPPLE THAT | REALLY ENJOYED THEM, TODAY | FEEL VERY TIRED. oe a ae eee eT AT THE ENTRANCE | MET THE BATTALION RUNNERS, SUZUKI AND TWO MEN, SO | CHANGED MY PLANS AND DECIDED TO RETURN TOMORROW EVENING, MASAICHT re DIED ON THE 18TH AND ISMAU TAKESHITA DIED OF SICKNESS, AND WERE FROM MY COMPANY. 2ND LT MATSURO DIED OF SICKNESS, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE nour RATIONS: SOON, | WONDER WHAT THEY ARE DOING AT HOMES DECEMBER 23, 1942 + WEDNESDAY = CLOUDY SOMETIMES RAIN { sc StS THIS, MORNING LOVE WAD A LETTLE FEyER Aap uy. poor Ealy Mery mW 1 SLEPT ALL DAY, AT 1230 1 WENT TO THE RATION DEPOT AND THEY SAID AT RATIONS WON'T BE MERE TILL AROUND THE 28TH AND UNLOADED WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO KOKOMBONA, ON THE WAY BACK 1 VISITED LT KOIKE AND HEARD ABOUT THE. St TON, 10D CNRS SAL THAT A erica vee os SLEPT IN THE COCOANUT GROVE AT 2100. {T 1S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. WE AWOKE AT 0200 AND WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY, WE PLANNED TO REST OURING THE DAY UN THE JUNGLE IN THE aoe ie ti THE HOSPITAL, WHILE WE WERE LYING DOWN ( ') KONAGAS AND TWO WEN Or THE SIH COMPANY ORDERED US TO. RETURN TO ESPERANCE TO DRAW RATIONS, | SUPERIOR PVTS MOBAYASH! AND URUNO TO THE COMPANY WITH A MESSAGE. ARTED FOR THE CAPE AT 1100 AND ON THE WAY FILLED OUR STOMACHS WITH COCOANUTS., THEN WE CONTINUED OUR MARCH. WE ATE SUPPER NEAR THE PLACE WHERE THE YAMATSUK! MARU SHNK AND SLEPT THERE THROUGH THE NIGHT, ITS A BEAUTIFUL MOONLIGHT NIGHT AND THE SOUND OF THE WAVES BROUGHT BACK WEMORIES OF THE DAYS IN JAPAN AND | THOUGHT | WAS SLEEPING AT HOME, DECEMBER 24, 1942 = NO ENTRY FOR THIS DAY = tiiewy w DECEMBER 25, 1942 = FRIDAY = CLEAR, CLOUDY - WE LEFT AT 0700 AND DECIDED TO BIVOUAC IN THE JUNGLE CLOSE TO THE RATION DEPOT, AT 0700 WE ATE BREAKFAST AND AT 0800 (U/SGT) KONAGAT AND FIVE MEN WENT OUT TO BUTCHER SOME COWS, BHAT LEFT ONLY TWO OF US HERE, 1 SLEPT TILL NOON AND IN THE AFTERNOON, | HAD A FEVER AND FELT VERY TIRED. | SLEPT UNDER A MOSQUITOE BAR TILL EVENING. WHEN I'M SICK 1 WORRY ABOUT THE FOLKS BACK HOME AND THE MEN IN THE COMPANY, WE ATE SUPPER ON THE GRASS IN THE COCOANUT GROVE, SINCE TODAY 1S KREXXMM CHRISTMAS, THE ENEMY PLANES DID NOT COME ALL DAY. DECEMBER 26, 1942 + SATURDAY = CLEAR = AFTERNOON RAIN = ABOUT 01,00 A SMALL ENEMY SHIP (GUNBOAT) CAME ABOUT ONE TH MACHINE GUNS, IN FORENOON THE ENEMY PLANES WERE VERY ACTIVE, 8UT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE i . rt , ‘AL, HEADQUARTERS==F WIM TO STAY WITH US, | COULON'T SLEEP WENT FOR PAPYAS AS THEY DID NOT RETURN, DECEMBER 27, 19)2 = SUNDAY = CLEAR = TODAY WE HAD FINE WEATHER ALL DAY. 1N THE MORNING | WENT TO SEE LT LOIKE AND HE SAID THAT A BATTLESHIP WOULD BRING IN PROVISIONS TONIGHT. FOR LUNCH WE COOKED PAPYAS AND BAMBOO SPROUTS. TODAY | HAVE A FEVER AND FEEL TIRED. THERE ISN'T MUCH AIR ACTIVITY. CPL OKADA AND 2), MEN ARRIVED AND AT THE SAME TIWE KONAGAI RETURNED WITH PLENTY OF YAMS. | NOT AT ALL DURING THE NIGHT AND THE PLANES DECEMBER 29» 1942 = TUESDAY = CLEAR == NO ENTRY FOR DECEMBER 28, 192 AT 0800 M/SGT KONAGAI AND CPL OKADA WENT TO SEE ABOUT PROVISIONS AT 1300 WITH A SACK AND A HALF OF RICE. IT waS SO LITTLE AND RETURNED THAT IT WAS PITIFUL AND TEARS CAME INTO MY EYES. THEY SAY THAT PROVI< COME IN REGURARLY FROM NOW ON. 1 DECIDED TO LEAVE HERE AT 3300 AND G p IN FOR LASSON PURPOSES, SUPERIOR 2 AND CPL OKADA AND ‘REMAI Fre MATA AND TWO MEN HAVE SORE LEGS 80 | ORDERED THEM TO LEAVE TOMORROW, WE DEPARTEDAT 2330 AND ALL MEN WERE TIRED WE TOOK A BREAK EVERY 30 MINUTES.a re DECEMBER 30, 1942 + WEDNESDAY = CLEAR = IN THE AFTERNOON WE HAD A SQUALL, WE CONTINUED SAFELY AND AT 0530 WE PASSED THE GRASSY PLAIN AND 1 ORDERED THE iT INTO THE JUNGLES, WHERE WE USUALLY STOPPED, THEN | WENT TO VISIT OAKITS GRAVE. AT 0850 M/SGT KONAGAS AND TWO MEN LEFT IN ADVANCE, THE SOLDIERS WENT AFTER COCOANUTS, BRINGING BACK OVER 100, WE BOILED YAMS ALL DAY AFTERNOON IT RAINED FOR AWHILE, AT 1030 WE DEPARTED EXPECTING TO SLEEP NEAR WHERE THE MYUSHU MARU SANK, - | FELT REFRESHED WHEN WE GOT TO THE BEACH, IN THE EVENING KIRHEA AND TWO MEN CAUGHT UP WITH US, AND THIS MADE ME VERY HAPPY. DECEMBER 314 1942 = THURSDAY = CLEAR ~ WE LEFT AT 02350 AND 0300 WE ARRIVED AT MARUYANA ROAD NEAR FASSAFARONGA AND BIVOUACED AT 0500, | MET LT YAMAGUCH! AND TURNED OVER ‘OF WY WEN TO Hite WE DEPARTED AT 1000 AND ARRIVED AT BATTALION HEAD= QUARTERS AT 2300, THE BATTALION COMMANDER 18 WORTIED ABOUT THE PROVISIONS THE ENTIRE PERSONNELL 1S HOPING PROVISIONS WILL COWE SOON. § WENT TO VISIT THE GRAVES OF THE FIVE MEN WHO DJED FROM SICKNESS IN MY PLATOON TO HONOR THEIR SOULS, TODAY 19 THE LAST es KATSUMATA WENT TO KOKOMBONA TO DRAW RATIONS, § FELT VERY TH: JANUARY 1, 1943 + FRIDAY = CLEAR = 1 AWOKE AT 0400 AND WENT TO THE STREAM AND BATHED. AT 0600°WE GATHERED TOGETHER AND THE BATTALION COMMANDER LEADING WE CHEERED THE EMPORER AND ENDED THE CEREMONY OF QBEISANCE TO THE EMPORER. HERE IT 19 NEW YEARS AND 4 AS JTHERE WAS NO GOOD, FROM THREE MORE MEN D IED FROM SICKNESS, 1ST LT YAMAGUCHI'S RATION DETAIL RETURNED WITHOUT A THING, AS IT 1S NEW EVERYONES eT ARE HIGHS WE EXPECT TO KEEP OUR SPIRITS HIGH UNTIL GUADALCANAL FALLS. WHAT THEY ARE DOWNG AT HOME, JANUARY 2, 1943 + SATURDAY = CLEAR = WE WENT WITH LT INGUYE TO GET COCOANUTS. MATSUMATA WENT UP TWO TREES AND HELPED US SO WE BROUGHT BACK 35 NUTS APIECE. 1 FELT VERY SICK AFTER RETURNING TO THE COMPANY SO | SLEPT ALL \¥. RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A SENTRY SAYING KIRIJI NAJIMA VERY SI AND AT 9600 HE PASSED AWAY, THIS MAKES S1X PERSONS WE HAVE Lost FROM PLATOON, | HOPE IT WILL BE THE LASTs JANUARY 3, 1943 = SUNDAY = CLEAR = ; IN THE MORNING | WENT TO THE SENTRY POST TO BURY THE MEN WHO DIED YESTERDAY, TODAY 1 WAS FEELING SAD SO | SLEPT. WHILE 1 WAS SLEEPING AT ‘NOON, AN ORDER CAME FROM THE BATTALION ON MT. AUSTIN. AT 1200 | BECAME THE TRANSMITTER OF ORDERS AND WENT TO DIVISION ORDERS. THEYTOLD WE THEY DIDN'T NEED ANYONE LIKE THAT, SO | RECEIVED THIS ORDER AND RETURNED TO THE COMPANY, WHILE | WAS THERE! RECEIVED CIGARETTES FROM THE COMPANY COMMANDER, 1 ALSO HAD KARINTO(FRIED DOUGH CAKE) FROM THE DIVISION COMMANDER AND CHIEF OF STAFF. 1! WAS ORDERED BE ACTING BATTALION ADJUTANT. aea — — & , ae AMUARY lig 1943 © MONDAY = CLEAR THIS MORNING AT 0830 1 WENT WITH THE BATTALION GDMUANDER TO Se WE ARRIVED AROUND 1200 AND AT 1300 WE ARRIVED AT EADQUARTERS, | WAS INTRODUCED TO THE REGIWENTAL COMMANDER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HE RECEIVED ME VERY CORDIALLY. THEY GAVE ME SOME COMFITS (KONPETIO)s RECEIVED 149 GAL OF HARDTACK FROM SUGUIRA COUPANY. 6 MEN FROM THE BUTAL ( UNIT) ARRIVED AT 1500. WE DECIDED TO BIVOUAC AT THE PRESENT PLACE TONIGHT. | MET MASUKAME FOR THE FIRST TIME 11 A LONG WHILE, HE WAS HEALTHIER THAN | THOUGHT HE WOULD BE, WE WERE GOTH OVER~ JOYED TO TEARS, YANUARY 5p 1943 + TUESDAY = CLEAR WE LEFT REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AT 0400, WE RECEIVED ORDERS TO ADVANCE AND ADVANCED FROM THE ENTRANCE OF MARUYAMA ROAD. THE iN ROAD 1S VERY STEEP AND BAD, SO | THINK THAT THE UNIT WILL BE VERY LATE IN REACHING ITS DESTINATION, WE ARRIVED AT 1300 AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF LT BUTAI, 1 MET LT OKAUIMA OF THE OTH COMPANY AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY SEE EACH OTHER. 1 WAS DEEPLY INDEBTED 70 u/SGT NiSH HE DID FOR ME, AS § STAYED AT THE STH COMPANY 1) JANUARY 65 1943 = WEDNESDAY = CLEAR EXCHANGED NEWS, AND HE SAID THAT WAS CONSTRUCTING A POSITION ON TOP OF HAGEYAMA (BALD MTs)e f DECIDED TO GO SEE MAJOR INAGAKI TOMORROW, | SLEPT iS t WAS FA TT POURED DURING THE NIGHT. CAPTURED FROM A JAPANESE PRISONER AT VELLA LAVELLA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1950