Religion: Sister Antonio's Story

Since 1926 Sister Antonia (Mary Ru-hall) of Effingham, Ill., has been a Catholic missionary in New Guinea. She is sweet-faced, smiling, with remarkably clear blue eyes, a low-pitched, warm voice. Last week in the U.S. military hospital in

Australia, Sister Antonia gave an exclusive radio interview to the Blue Network's Clete Roberts, who was using the new portable wire recorder (TIME, May 17, 1943).

She described the U.S. landing at Hollandia: "A little native boy came running into our camp on that glorious morning and told us that a great grey ship with many...

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