War Diaries (July 3) (nonfiction)
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George S. Patton: July 3, 1917
I had lunch at the Circle Militaire with Major Degeorges of the 4th Zouaves while there we saw the officers of the 16 who had been invited to dine. Capt. Short and Burnett were among those present. Maj. Degeorges told me that in Aug 1914 there were 12000 officers of French Inf. To day 7000 are dead, 2000 maimed for life and the remaining 3000 all have been hit so far as he knows.
Mrs. Thayer of Boston & Paris and her daughter Alice Countess de Montgomery called on Gen. P. this morning the festive Alice is very nice. I got her two tickets for Les Invalides tomorrow.
—George S. Patton (war diary)
Reina Spiegel: July 3, 1941
Nothing new so far. We wear the armbands, listen to terrifying and consoling news and worry about being sealed off in a ghetto.
He visited me today! I thought I’d go mad with joy, and...confusion. He’s working at the clinic, dressing wounds. He’s sweet and wonderful, as always. It’s a shame he can’t go to university now. He’d be an excellent doctor. But he’ll be one anyway, you’ll see. We’ve arranged to meet tomorrow at the clinic. It seems a little strange, but why not? Even now that we’re wearing these armbands—the thing is to be with him.
I want Bulus to come with my whole heart. God, bring Mamma, let her be with us for better and for worse. Zygmunt’s wonderful. You will help me, Bulus and God!
—Renia Spiegel began her diary in January 1939 at the age of 15.
Mister Park: July 3, 1944
Mr. Sakaguchi, who is in charge of business at the municipal Peace Preservation Section, and Dr. Yoshioka of Nadeshiko Hospital stopped by at around 10:00 PM and inspected the business and its washing facilities.
—Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager is a book of diaries written by a clerk who worked in Japanese military brothels, also known as "comfort stations", in Burma and Singapore during World War II. The author, a Korean businessman known only as Mister Park, kept a daily diary between 1922 and 1957.
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Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager (nonfiction)
- Reina Spiegel (nonfiction)
- War (nonfiction)
- War Diaries (nonfiction)
External links
- Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager @ sdh-fact.com
- Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager
- Excerpts from the Diaries of Renia Spiegel @ Smithsonian Magazine