Monday, January 17, 1944
"Today is the most beautiful day we have had so far. The ocean is deep blue, silver where the sun shines. It is warm at last. The Captain says that in another day we will be seeing flying fish. Father Lima entertained us on the boat deck with a constant flow of jokes, and with some of his experiences in China, to which he hopes to return as soon as the war is over. He comes from a family of New England whaling men. Before lunch the Captain stopped to talk to us again. We may get in Thursday and will probably dock in Pearl Harbor. Our ship is the only one carrying women and children passengers. At one-thirty we had a fire and boat drill. At the present moment, Sister Mary Ellen, Maryknoll, and Sister Gabriel Joseph [Gussin] are struggling with a game of solitaire, moving little red sticks from one hole to another with no success so far."
Memories of Sister Mary Aloysia Dugger (Sister Virginia) of the St. Louis Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, one of the four Sisters missioned to Hawaii during the war in 1944
"Today is the most beautiful day we have had so far. The ocean is deep blue, silver where the sun shines. It is warm at last. The Captain says that in another day we will be seeing flying fish. Father Lima entertained us on the boat deck with a constant flow of jokes, and with some of his experiences in China, to which he hopes to return as soon as the war is over. He comes from a family of New England whaling men. Before lunch the Captain stopped to talk to us again. We may get in Thursday and will probably dock in Pearl Harbor. Our ship is the only one carrying women and children passengers. At one-thirty we had a fire and boat drill. At the present moment, Sister Mary Ellen, Maryknoll, and Sister Gabriel Joseph [Gussin] are struggling with a game of solitaire, moving little red sticks from one hole to another with no success so far."
Memories of Sister Mary Aloysia Dugger (Sister Virginia) of the St. Louis Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, one of the four Sisters missioned to Hawaii during the war in 1944
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