December 25 in diaries

Season's Greetings to One and All

See the Philippine Diary Feature: December 24-25, 1941 in Diaries.

1521:

1896: Gregorio del Pilar, general.

1898: John E.T. Milsaps, Salvation Army missionary, John Henry Asendorf, Pennsylvania Volunteers, James Loughrey, California Volunteers, Chriss Bell, Oregon Volunteers, Alfred Burton Welch, Washington Volunteers.

1899: Simeon Villa, staff of Pres. Aguinaldo, Karl White, Iowa Volunteers, Joseph Collins, Philadelphia Volunteers, Ernest Dieball, 47th U.S.V.

1901:

1909 and 1910: Jacob Cuznar,Slovenian soldier in the U.S. Army: 1909 and 1910.

1931: Marcial Lichauco, member, OsRox Mission.

1935: Francis Burton Harrison, adviser to Pres. Quezon.

1941: Filipino soldiers: Gen. Basilio Valdes, chief of staff, Philippine Army, Eriberto Misa, Ateneo ROTC cadet; Filipino civilians: Teodoro M. Locsin, journalist, Antonio M. Molina, lawyer; American military personnel: Gen. Lewis Beebe, USAFFE chief of staff, Capt. Kenneth E. Ranson, Sgt. Herbert Evans, 1st Lt. Francis Lunnie, Cpl. Leo Arhutick, Cpl. Joseph J. Bandoni, John P. Horan IV, USAFFE commander, Baguio, John P. Burns, pilot, Sgt. Bernard O. Hopkins; American civilians: Elizabeth Lautzenhiser, Denny Williams, Tressa Cates, Lucy Hardee Olsen, Herman Bieber, Carl E. Rice, (Manila), Elizabeth Vaughan (Negros).

1942: Ramon Alcaraz, Nueva Ecija, Louise Fillmore Blancaflor, Iloilo.

1943:

1944: Filipino soldiers: Gen. Basilio Valdes, Philippine Army chief of staff; American civilian detainees: Carl E. Rice (UST) Natalie Crouter (Baguio); American P.O.W.s: Warren Wilson, Arthur Shreve; American servicemen: James Sorensen.