Wednesday, January 19, 1944
"Our whistle has blown three times. At its first sound we and all our companion ships turned course. 'They say' - 1. that we are to have a sham battle with some American submarine; 2. that we are having maneuvers; 3. that there are American submarines in this area which we must practice avoiding.
"It is now afternoon and we have been having a free show. First of all, we sighted an airplane and two vessels to our right. The latter proved to be corvettes, one of which stayed in the same position, the other cut across and is now protecting our left flank. An airplane dropped a smoke bomb close to one of the other ships, then another far behind us, after which a submarine appeared. According to one of the officers there are three subs in our vicinity. Tonight we will see more bombs, and tomorrow we will see the subs in our midst on surface. Occasionally we hear a shot but know not its source. It is supposed to be definite information that we will be in tomorrow noon."
Memories of Sister Mary Aloysia Dugger (Sister Virginia) of the St. Louis Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who was one of the four Sisters missioned to Hawaii during the war in 1944
"Our whistle has blown three times. At its first sound we and all our companion ships turned course. 'They say' - 1. that we are to have a sham battle with some American submarine; 2. that we are having maneuvers; 3. that there are American submarines in this area which we must practice avoiding.
"It is now afternoon and we have been having a free show. First of all, we sighted an airplane and two vessels to our right. The latter proved to be corvettes, one of which stayed in the same position, the other cut across and is now protecting our left flank. An airplane dropped a smoke bomb close to one of the other ships, then another far behind us, after which a submarine appeared. According to one of the officers there are three subs in our vicinity. Tonight we will see more bombs, and tomorrow we will see the subs in our midst on surface. Occasionally we hear a shot but know not its source. It is supposed to be definite information that we will be in tomorrow noon."
Memories of Sister Mary Aloysia Dugger (Sister Virginia) of the St. Louis Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who was one of the four Sisters missioned to Hawaii during the war in 1944
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Sr. Aloysia, CSJ, was a gem. When she returned to the states in 1953, she taught 6th grade at St. Viator Elementary School in Chicago. I was in that class.
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