“Abandon Ship” Drills Were Held Every Day
“I can hardly wait to see the southern cross,” said Nancy.
“A wonderful sight,” he told her. “Two of the stars point toward the south pole, as Polaris indicates the north.”
“You’ve been down under before?” she asked eagerly.
“I came out in the late spring, before Pearl Harbor, a civilian then. I remember I was sight-seeing at Pago Pago about the middle of May.”
“I’ve never been any farther than New York by steamer,” Nancy confessed. “I didn’t dare hope I’d really make it down here—right where I want most to go.”
“Things do work out sometimes,” he said with deep content. “They have for me.”