Japanese War Prisoners Division takes over all Philippine POW camps from civilian command. Issue series of restrictive orders. March 1944 Mail from USA arrives. Nurses allowed to send censored 25 word post cards home. Allied pilots bomb Manila for the first time.
Allied troops land on southern Philippine Island of Leyte.
General MacArthur arrives on Leyte. No gifts allowed into camps. No holiday parties. All 65 ANC in STIC alive after almost 3 years as POWs. Relieve STIC army nurses from duty.