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Post by The Phantom on Jun 13, 2009 5:09:27 GMT 8
SUNDAY 1 MAR 1942
"MY CAKE OF SOAP HAS DISAPPEARED! NO SOAP ON HAND. THEY WILL SELL AT COMMISSARY, HALF CAKE OF ISSUE SOAP PER PERSON. HOPE SOME ARRIVES."
"SMALL INTER ISLAND BOATS SNEAK IN OCCASIONALLY AND WE IN THE 59TH HAVE TO FURNISH A STEVEDORE DETAIL OF 150 MEN AND 3 OFFICERS EVERY OTHER NIGHT! THE 60TH AND THE BEACH DEFENSE PEOPLE ARE EXCUSED!
I DOUBT THE NAVY DOES ANY OF THE WORK."
"ACQUIRED A SPRINGFIELD 22 CALIBER THIS MORNING THROUGH R.S.O. AND GAVE IT TO OUR "GUNSMITH" TO CLEAN AND OIL AND PUT AWAY."
R.S.O. ?
"THE CHISELING 60TH IS NOW TRYING TO RUN US OUT OF OUR OLD G4 STATION, WHICH THEY ABANDONED WHEN THE FIRST BOMB FELL."
"THIS MORNING WITH AN EXTRA BLAST, THE "MINERS" * FINALLY BROKE SURFACE BELOW MY DUGOUT, WITH THE OTHER END OF OUR MAIN TUNNEL. THEY FIGURE ON BEING THROUGH IN 10 DAYS!"
'HAD OUR BATHS AS USUAL. SIMMONDS AND I HAD SOME RUM AND WENT DOWN TO C1 FOR AWHILE AND PLAYED POKER UNTIL 11:30. WON P9.00, TURNED IN. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FULL MOON NIGHT IT'S A SHAME TO TURN IN."
* The book by Natalie Crouter, "FORBIDDEN DIARY" details her capture and interment in Baguio in 1942. At the beginning of her narrative she says goodbye to a friend on the street in front of her house in Baguio. He was a miner for an American firm in Baguio area. He was being sent to Corregidor to dig tunnels.
Is he working for Bunker here?
Her book is a 10 on a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being worthwhile reading.
MONDAY 2 MARCH
"WENT TO OUR TUNNEL AND THEN INTERVIEWED COL. PARKER Q.M.C. AND GOT PERMISSION TO SALVAGE THE NEW NAVY BARRACKS ON TOPSIDE, TO SECURE BARTERIS (NOVELTY SIDING) TO LAG OUR TUNNEL AND KEEP DIRT OUT. B/60 HAD US STOPPED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO LIVE THERE AND COL. PARKER CAME UP TO SEE ABOUT IT. CHISELERS!"
"ELMES SENT ME UP A PRESENT OF 2 CAKES OF "PALMOLIVE SOAP" AND A CAN OF SMOKING TOBACCO! SOME PRESENT!"
"THIS AFTERNOON AFTER OUR SHOWERS, INSPECTED THE REMNANTS OF THE POST LIBRARY AND BORROWED A COUPLE OF BOOKS. MOST OF THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN ISSUED OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS."
Where was this library exactly?
TUES 3 MARCH
COMMISSARY BILL P12.22
"AWOKE AT 5:00 AND WENT TO C1 TO RELIEVE JULIAN. HE REFUSED TO GO. BREWED A POT OF MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, AND AS A NECESSARY RESULT, BECAME NERVOUS."
"NONE OF THE 4 SHIPS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING ACTUALLY SHOWED UP. I WONDER IF THE JAPS ARE NOT WISE TO OUR TRICKS AND ARE NOT WAYLAYING THOSE SHIPS."
LOTS OF DUST OVER TOWARDS MARIVELES THIS AFTERNOON INDICATING THEY ARE WARMING UP SOME OF OUR P-40'S.
"SIMMONDS CAME DOWN TO MY DUGOUT AND WE HAD A COCKTAIL, AND INSPECTED ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL. THIS ENTRANCE IS ALMOST IN A DRY STREAM BED THAT CARRIES MUCH WATER DURING RAINS BUT OF COURSE THE ENGINEERS DON'T CARE IF WE ARE FLOODED OUT! BEAUTIFUL MOONLIGHT NIGHT. PLAYED POKER--WON P2.00."
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Post by okla on Jun 13, 2009 7:10:45 GMT 8
hey phantom.....RSO......regimental supply officer? ?? just a highly, uneducated guess on my part. the more i read of the good colonel bunker's journal, the more he seems a cranky, self centered, slightly paranoid old moss back. as you said, his hatred of the navy is self evident. i have always heard that the navy (except, maybe, for the PT squadron) was viewed as "bug outs" by those folks who remained behind in the harbor forts after admiral hart withdrew the vast majority of his little fleet south to java, borneo, etc. i do want to emphasize, regardless of my growing disrespect for colonel bunker, i grant that he may have been the greatest combat officer since genl US Grant. my comments are directed at his persona that, i think, definitely shows thru in his daily entries in his journal/diary. thanks for posting them and adding your comments and allowing me to throw my own observations out there.
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Post by mapmaster on Jun 13, 2009 9:14:59 GMT 8
Hi Post Library was in the "Mile Long Barracks". Must not have been too badly damaged at the time of Bunker's diary entry. Regards mapmaster
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Post by fots2 on Jun 13, 2009 11:18:41 GMT 8
This is interesting reading Phantom. Okla's well stated opinion of Bunker is my impression of the man also. As you say, perhaps he was just an officer of the times.
Some of his comments regarding his tunnel leave me wondering exactly where he is talking about though. What we see today is certainly not an impressive tunnel but it is difficult to know at what stage of construction that work was halted.
Keep the info coming....
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Post by The Phantom on Jun 18, 2009 1:02:43 GMT 8
Looking at the photo of the-
POST LIBRARY- EXCHANGE- GUARD HOUSE YOU POSTED.
I wonder if the Guard House was on the first floor, (I believe there is a small barred room there?) and the Library was on the top floor? Which would have had the same great view as the main operating room had on the top floor of the hospital. The view was of Bataan. Trees somewhat block the views today.
Where does that put the exchange?
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Post by The Phantom on Jun 18, 2009 1:42:10 GMT 8
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 1942
'IT NOW DEVELOPS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF HEAVY DIMENSION TIMBERS, WE MAY NOT GET THE 2 PRIVATE ROOMS IN MY C1 TUNNEL. THE 2 BOSS MINERS ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE ALIBIS ABOUT IT."
"WENT TO NAVY TUNNEL, SAW CAPT. HOEFFEL AND ARRANGED TO GET A LONG ARM PROTRACTOR OFF THE CANOPUS".
"HAD WELCH RESET THE TRAPS FOR THE DAMN RAT THAT IS INVESTING MY DUGOUT. HERETOFORE THE BIG ANTS HAD BEEN STEALING THE TRAP BAIT. BUT NOW, ON THE ADVICE OF A FILIPINO, WE ENCASE THE BAIT IN A RAG. I THINK THE RAT STOLE MY CAKE OF SOAP AND THAT HE IS MAKING A NEST BEHIND THE TIN LINING OF MY DUGOUT."
"WE HEAR THAT SIR WAVELL, THE LIMEY, HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED IN SUPREME COMMAND OF ARMIES IN THE FAR EAST BY A DUTCHMAN, AND WE ARE OVERJOYED! THE DUTCH SEEM TO BE REAL FIGHTERS COMPARED TO THE "SUCCESSFUL WITH DRAWERS", OF ENGLISHMAN."
THURS 5 MARCH
"THE JAPS DID NO FIRING TODAY BUT WE DID PLENTY. FORT DRUM FIRED 15 ROUNDS WITH THEIR 3" BATTERY HOYLE FOLLOWED BY 15 FROM 6" BATTERY ROBERTS AGAINST THE HILLTOP SHACK WHERE THE AL EDGED FLAG WAS FLYING. THE SHOOTING WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE, SEVERAL OF THE SHELLS LANDING IN THE FRONT YARD OF SAID SHACK.
THEN WE FIRED 2 SHOTS FROM BATTERY CROCKETT TO TEST MY MODIFIED FUSES. I HAD ASKED THAT 2 MARK X FUSES BE ALTERED BY REMOVING THE "DELAY PELLET", THUS MAKING THEM QUICKER ACTING. HERETOFORE THE PROJECTILES WITH THE .05-SECOND DELAY ACTION WOULD PENETRATE TO DEEPLY INTO THE GROUND TO PRODUCE ANY APPRECIABLE SURFACE EFFECT."
"THESE 2 1070 LB. PROJECTILES GAVE BEAUTIFUL RESULTS, UP TO MY WILDEST HOPES, THE EXPLOSIONS ON IMPACT WERE EQUAL TO THOSE OF A PERSONNEL SHELL, BOTH IN DUST THROWN UP AND IN NOISE MADE". THIS WOUND UP OUR SHOOTING FOR THE DAY."
"AFTER DINNER, EDISON, SIMMONDS AND I WENT TO H.Q.BTRY. MESS AND HAD A PIECE OF PIE APIECE. PROBABLY THE LAST OF THE PIE BECAUSE OF THE FLOUR SHORTAGE. WE ARE NOW ON A RATION THAT ALLOWS I OZ. OF FLOUR AND 7 OZ. OF BREAD PER MAN PER DAY. TURNED IN, OUTSIDE, AT 11:30.
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Post by mapmaster on Jun 21, 2009 13:38:37 GMT 8
Hi Phantom
I'm guessing, the Post Exchange may have been with the Post Library - same floor and same room.
Regards
mapmaster
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Post by mapmaster on Jun 21, 2009 14:34:21 GMT 8
Use of 7 Figure Tables - an examplePhantom I found my 7 figure Mathematical Tables and an example for the calculation from a Depression Range Finder to a target. The calculation uses a formula to adjust for refraction and gives the range R to the target in yards. Scanned of example The formula is substituted in the column under Term and is solved by the use of the Logarithmic Tables in the column under Logarithm. Let us just convert the Logarithm for the solution R underlined in red. The logarithm of R is 4.03411 Where 4 (at the start of the log) denoting five whole numbers to the left of the decimal place. The remainder is the log 03411 So look for the number in the Logarithmic table below. The logarithm is .03411 so look for 034 in the first column of the centre section of the table. I have underlined this in red. Next look for 11 or 1100, as these are 7 figure tables, in the centre section of the table. 1100 would be between log 1068 and log 1470 or a smidgen over 1068, underlined in red. Now read the number at the top of the column containing 1068, which is 7 and underlined in green. Now read the natural number in the left column. The thin black line above 1068 means the natural number falls in the section of the table related to natural number 1081 and the final digit, from the paragraph above, is 7Therefore, the natural number is 10817 Applying the rule, 4 denoting 5 whole numbers to the left of the decimal point, R is solved as 10817 yards. Exciting stuff, isn't it? Calculations, like the one in the example above, can be solved with a set of tables in a minute. In pre-calculator days and without tables, the solution would take a lot longer - more calculations and a greater chance of error. This is why Col. Bunker sent for his 7 place tables. Regards mapmaster
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Post by The Phantom on Jun 23, 2009 5:27:36 GMT 8
Thanks for the information about the 7 figure tables. I have forwarded it to my Engineer friends as that was not my strong suite in College. Seems very complicated to me but you explained it well.
One friend used the same tables and said, "Oh Yeah I know about those, good stuff in their day."
The other is a senior in college and he looks at them as a history lesson.
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Post by The Phantom on Jun 23, 2009 7:02:38 GMT 8
FRIDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1942
SLEPT SOUNDLY UNTIL 8:00 AM! THE DAMN RAT UNTIED THE STRINGS OF OUR BAIT AND STOLE IT WITHOUT SPRINGING THE TRAP! NO SHAVE-DIRECT TO BREAKFAST AND THEN DROVE TO BATTERY MONJA WHERE I FOUND ALL OFFICERS OF K COMPANY PLAYING POKER INSTEAD OF OUT WITH THEIR SEARCHLIGHTS!! BACK TO C1, EDISON IS AT KINDLEY FIELD AS WITNESS ON G.C.M."
(G.C.M.?)
"LOTS OF ACTIVITY AROUND C1 NOW. ARTY ENGINEERS GANG OF GUGUS ( FILIPINO SOLDIERS) ARE TRENCHING A 75pr CABLE FROM MANHOLE 43 TO NORTH ADDITION OF TUNNEL AND ARE VERY TALKATIVE ABOUT IT. ANOTHER GANG, FROM ENGRS. ARE RUNNING 3 HEAVY POWER LEADS FROM WHEELER TRANSFORMERS THROUGH WOODS TO SAME PLACE. CONDUCTORS ARE 0000 (4-0) AND SHOULD CARRY THE LOAD WITH NO APPRECIABLE DROP. HOPE THE JAPS WON'T BLOW THEM OUT!"
"TO ECONOMIZE POWER DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ARE BEING MADE IN USE OF LIGHTS AND FANS. EVERYBODY IS WONDERING IF LIKE REDUCTIONS WILL BE MADE IN MALINTA TUNNEL."
"STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, REPORTS SAY THAT THE JAPS HAVE OR ARE GETTING AIR SUPERIORITY OVER JAVA. WHERE ARE ALL THE ALLIED PLANES-- RETREATING TO AUSTRALIA? IF TRUE THAT BODES ILL FOR THE FUTURE. ANOTHER REPORT SAYS THE JAPS ARE PREPARING TO INVADE INDIA!"
"NOT A SHOT FROM THE JAPS TODAY. THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE 2OOO MEN OVER THE BACK OF THE BATANGAS HILLS, TOWARD TAGAYTAY. THEY INFEST OUR SOUTH SHORE SO THAT BOUDREA'S( From Wint?) MEN CAN GET NO INFORMATION. THEY RUN ALL THE FILIPINOS OUT."
SATURDAY, 7 FEB 1942
"SAME OLD ROUTINE. SOME AA ACTIVITY NEAR FRANK AND MARIVELES. SAW ONE OF OUR P40'S MANEUVERING OVER MARIVELES -- PERHAPS THE ONE WE RECONSTRUCTED FROM A WRECK."
"DROVE TO NAVY TUNNEL AND RETURNED THE CELLULOID PROTRACTOR, BUT COULD GET NO GOOD ONE. THEN TO MALINTA. GOT ELMES TO OK MY GETTING GASOLINE FOR GWENNY( HIS CAR ON CORREGIDOR)."
"INSPECTED OUR OLD G4 AND BATTERY GRUBBS-- WITH REFERENCE WITH THE 60TH TRYING TO TAKE THE FORMER AWAY FROM US. GRUBBS LOOKS GOOD BUT NO PROTECTION FOR THE POWER PLANT DOORS! GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO CURE DEFECT."
"BACK TO DUGOUT AND WORKED ON FIRING DATA ....FIRST WE PUT 2 SHOTS AT MARANG DALIG AND 2ND WAS FINE. THEN 4 INTO LOOC THEN 4 INTO ITS SEAPORT, CALUYA, THEN 2 MORE BACK AT MARONG DALIG. BET THE FILIPINO "HELPERS" OF THE JAPS DECAMPED QUICKLY!'
"CAPT. PETRIE WAS PRESENT AT DINNER, FROM FORT HUGHES. HE HAS A BEARD AND MUSTACHE, AND LOOKS LIKE HELL-- AS MOST MEN DO WHO TRY IT."
" DOUG MACARTHUR SENT ME A KEG OF CIGARS, (' NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF MY OLD AFFECTION BUT AS A SMALL TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION OF THE SPLENDID EFFICIENCY OF YOU AND YOUR BATTERIES.' ). VERY NICE AND THE CIGARS ARE SO MILD I CAN INHALE THEM."
"CONTRELL PHONED ABOUT MY PROGRAM FOR USING MY NEW JAZZED UP FUSE. 200 TO FRANK TUES.: 150 FOR 700-LB. PROJECTILES AND 50 FOR THE 1,046-LB.
SUNDAY, 8 FEB 1942
AFTER BREAKFAST WENT TO RSO AND THEN TO C1 TUNNEL. ENGINEERS HAVE OUR POWER PIPED IN AND PARTLY INSTALLED BY KNOB WORK( OPEN ELECTRICAL WIRING SUPPORTED BY KNOBS). OUR SOLDIERS ARE HIDING BEAMS FOR TIMBERING OUR BODEGA'S."
" THE DESIGN OF CAP FOR C1 IS UNSATISFACTORY, IN THAT IT HAS NO AIR SPACE AND LEAVES G1 NAKED! CALLED BRADY ABOUT IT AND HOPE HE GETS THE ENGINEERS BUSY ON IT."
"THE ENGINEERS MOVED IN ON US TODAY AND STARTED DRILLING 100 HOLES IN ROOF OF C1 PREPARATORY TO ADDING 2 FT OF CONCRETE TO OUR ROOF. NOISY AS HELL! THEY ARE BRINGING UP LOTS OF STEEL RAILS FOR REINFORCING THE CAP, AND RAILS WILL BE WELDED TOGETHER!"
(Fotz, any evidence of railroad rails today? at C1?)
"IN OUR TUNNEL THE LASTS BLASTS WERE SET OFF TODAY. I AM HOPING THAT THEY WILL POUR OUR PORTALS WHILE THEY ARE ON THIS C1-G1 JOB."
"TOLD JULIAN, TODAY, THAT INSTEAD OF CONVERTING THE R.S.O. INTO A DISTILLERY, HE SHOULD BUILD A COFFEE ROASTER. HE IS ALSO BUSY WORKING UP THE WATER SUPPLY FOR OUR TUNNEL. WE TALKED TO THE PLUMBER AND MAY GET A GRAVITY FEED SYSTEM AT EACH END OF OUR TUNNEL."
"CAUGHT A BIG SHE RAT IN THE TRAP LAST NIGHT. THEY WILL RUN OFF WITH MY SOAP, WILL THEY?"
"THE WEATHER IS GETTING WARMER BUT I SLEEP UNDER A QUILT EVERY NIGHT."
"SUPPLIES ARE WORRYING US, 5 OF THE LAST 7 BOATS WERE SUNK AND NO MORE WILL SAIL UNTIL THE DARK OF THE MOON."
THE JAPS ARE EVIDENTLY PATROLLING ALL PASSES. AND OUR SUBMARINES ARE CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE. THE D**N ' SAKDALISTAS' TIPPED OFF THE JAPS ABOUT OUR BOATS GETTING SUPPLIES FROM LOOC AND NEARBY PLACES. JAPS HAVE LANDED ON MINDORO THEY SAY."
(Sakdalistas?)
"THE CHAPLAIN DROPPED IN TONIGHT, AND ADMITTED THAT THE FIRST REAL SHELLING THAT WE RECEIVED HAD GOT HIS GOAT AND HE HAD BEEN HIDING IN CROCKETT MAGAZINE UNTIL HE WRESTLED HIMSELF OUT OF IT AND FORCED HIMSELF OUT. HE IS A GOOD MAN AND I LIKE HIM."
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