CENTENNIAL SUNDAYS
Col. Peck鈥檚 Story
Albuquerque resident Col. Harry Peck 鈥� who led the 515th Coast Artillery in the Philippines, then survived more than three years of imprisonment 鈥� kept a diary in the form of letters to his wife.
The Journal published multiple excerpts beginning in November 1945, through January of the next year.
鈥淟ife Hung in Balance When Japs Had Diary鈥� read a story headline published Nov. 11, 1945. The article described how Peck鈥檚 captors found and confiscated his diary. He feared serious repercussions, but instead, his diary was inexplicably returned. In the Nov. 11 excerpt, he credited his fellow prisoners鈥� 鈥減atience under adverse conditions鈥� and the 鈥渦ncomplaining care of each other鈥� for their survival.
(See Monday鈥檚 Journal for the complete story.)
