CAPTAIN J. W. ROBERTS, USN
Commanding Officer
THE
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN A D A K
Executive Officer SUN
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"SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT"
October 5s Today my life began# My par
ents know it not. I am as small as a
seed of an apple, but it is I already.
And I am to be a girl. I shall have blond
hair and azure eyes. Just about every
thing is settled though, even the fact
that I shall love flowers.
October .19; I have grown a little, but I
am still too small to do anything by my
self. J’y mother does just about every
thing for me. And what is odd-she still
doesnJt even know that she is carrying
me here under her heart, and that she is
helping me already, that she is even fe
eding mo with her own blood. She is so
good.
Some say that I am not a real person
yot, that only my mother.exists# Hut I
am a real person, just as a small crumb
of bread is yet truly broacL 'My mother
is* And ‘I am#
October 23; My mouth is just beginning
to "open now# Just think, in a year or so
I she'll be laughing, and later talking#
I know that first word shall be - MAMA#
October 25;My’ heart began to beat today
all by itself# From now on it shall gen
tly beat for the rest of my life# With
out ever stopping to rest! And after
many years it will tire# It will stop
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and then I shall die*
November 2: I am growing a bit every day*
My arms and logs arc beginning to form as
my ni^dso but I have to wait a long time
yet before th so little legs will raise
me to my mother*s arms, before those lit
tle arms will be able to gather flowers
and embrace my father^
November 12i Tiny fingers are beinning to
form on my hands* Penny how small they
are! I shall bo able to stroke my mother’s
hair with them. And I shall take her hair
to my mouth and she will probably say: Oh!
nasty!" v
November 20: It wasnTt until today that
the doctor told" mem that I am living here#
under her heart. Oh, how happy she must
be I Are you happy, mom?
November 25; My mom and dad are probably
thinking about a name for me* But they
don’t know that I am a little girl. They
are probably saying Andy. But I want to
be called Cathy. I am getting so big al
ready.
December 10; My hair is growing. It is
smooth and bright and shiny. I wonder
what kind of hair mom has?
Docomber 13s I am just about able to see.
It is dark around me. When mom brings me
into the world, it will be full of sun
shine and flowers. I have never seen a
flower, you know. But what I want more
than anything.is to see my mom* How do
you look mom? .
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Do comber 24: I wonder if morn hoars the
whispering boat of my- heart? Some child
ren como into the world a little sick*
And then the delicate hands of the doc
tor perform miracles to bring them to
health, Put my heart, is strong end healthy
It boats so evenly- tup-tup, tup-tup*••
You'll have a healthy little daughter,Mom!
December 2S: TODAY MY MOTHER KILLED ME*
Chapiian Robert J. MORRIS
Miss Helen 0. Dowdy, daughter of LCDR &
Mrs„ James C* Dowdy, has boon appointed
to participate in the Summer Science Tr
aining Program to bo conducted at the Un
iversity of Alaska, June 23 to August 2.
Miss Dowdy is one of the 42 students who
were nominated from all the high schools
throughout Alaska*