War Diaries (March 8) (nonfiction)
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Sascha Weinzheimer: March 8, 1945
Major George Woods took mother, Dad and me through Manila in a jeep to see the ruins. We had heard how badly Manila was destroyed but until we saw it with our own eyes, we couldn't believe such a thing could happen. The whole city "“ Nothing left! Taft Avenue, the Boulevard, everything in ruins. The odor from the dead was awful and whenever we stopped the big green flies were all over us.
Sascha Weinzheimer recorded her impressions of life in the Philippines under Japanese occupation.