Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Men and Women of K. H. SQ Sergf. Howard E. Brahman, Jr., won the Disfinguished Service Cross. Aciive in all branches of 'rhe Service, men from Kolcomo l-ligh School have performed many valianl deeds from Wake Island io Berlin and have won greal' disiinclion. K. l-l. S. is excepiionally proud of Ser- geanl' Junior Brohman, '43, who became ihe second enlisied man and +he iourlh Howard Couniy man io win ihe second highesi miliiary decora- iion, Jrhe Disiinguished Service Cross. Under consiani shelling by +he Nazis, he personally deaciivafed 'rwenly-live anli-personnel mines. Laier he was awarded ihe Bronze Slar, was raised in rank from privaie iirsi class 'ro sergeant and coniinued 'ro be meniioned in dispaiches. Then on April I7, in Germany he gave his life for his counlry. Aln saluiing Junior Broh- man, Kokomo l-ligh School is saluiing all her former siudenis who have served gallanily in 'rhis conflici.

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A Well Equipped School Book-lined walls, muffled whis- pers, rusfling pagesjan occasion- al sharp fiffer-fhis is fhe library. lvlany learners prefer fhe relaxa- fion of wearing ouf newspapers and fhumbing fhrough magazines. Those of a more sfudious nafure gain informafion and find enjoy- menf in fhe wealfh of maferial available. Many of fhe weaker sex have been lured away from fhe frying pan by indusfry, buf some charm- ers, realizing fhaf fhe shorfesf way fo a man's hearf is fhrough his sfomach, learn fhe secrefs of cooking. A few male chefs delve info fhe mysfery of fhe culinary arfs also. Resulfs . . . delicious. Pracfice makes perfecfu so fhose in fhe welding class have discovered, for boys inexperi- enced in fhe manual arfs have become falenfed worlcers wifhin a few monfhs. Love of mefallic sounds and glaring lighfs soon gefs info fheir veins and many are confenf fo follow fhe vocafion for life. Page 9 -lik '5 4un in

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Show Bravery In Battle LT. Gen. William H. Simpson congraTulaTes L+. ETheI Kerlin a'F+er she has been awardedlhe Bronze Sfar. Girls Too have clone Their share in This war. And To one oT Them. a Kokomo l-ligh School graduaTe oT The Class oT l938. LT. EThel Kerlin, now an Army nurse, has come a singular disTincTion. She was recenTly award- ed The Bronze STar medal, which carried The ciTaTion Tor meriTorious ser- vice in connecTion wiTh operaTions againsT The enemy in NorTh ATrica, Sicily, and France. LT. Kerlin is The TirsT Kokomo woman To win This high honor. ATTer serving in a hospiTal in Casablanca, she wenT To dicily, and Then To England, Trom where she leTT Tor France only a Tew days aTTer D-Day. Ever since, she has moved from base hospiTal To base hospiTal as our Army advanced. She is Typical oT The unselTish devoTion our Army and Navy nurses are giving.