West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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fx- We hereby dedicate this Annual to the everlasting memory of those men and women from this school Who have gone on before us in the service of their country. Realizing that words won't mean anything, we are giving to them this book, the Kimtah, in the hope that they and the many boys and girls now in school who will soon be serving the United States will have a book of memories that will in a small measure compensate for the great sacrifices they are now making. Those still in school will carry on with their work, in the hope that some day, they, too, will be in a position to step into the places of those giving their lives on the battlefront and those left behind fighting the War on the home front.

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Dedication February l9th of this year the Service Flag was given to West Seattle High School to serve as a reminder to those left behind of the boys from our school who have gone into the various branches of service. West Seattle was the first school in the city to make a flag for its boys. The Chinook staff sponsored the Hag and a committee from the sewing classes under direction of Miss Frey did the actual stitching. Blue stars represent boys and girls now serving, while the eight gold stars represent those boys who have given their lives for their country. Circled blue stars are for boys who have been captured or reported missing in action. Balancing the service flag on the other side of the auditorium hangs the Service Roster, made under direction of Mr. Anderson by the lettering classes. West Seattle boys and girls and the branches of service they are in appear on this official roster. The library has made a service roster, also, taken from the lists of boys published in the Chinook, giving all the names of boys and what branch of service they are in. This roster, of black cardboard with the names typed on white paper, has at the top of each sheet the name and insignia of the branch of service. Many new stars will be added to that Hag and roster as the Class of '43 graduates. We of that class hope that the Hag will inspire those left to do their best and give their best when their time comes.

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Foreword Over the top into the barrage of machine guns. Bursting Hack around a shell-torn gunner's cockpit. Stinging pelt from sniper's lair. F rom scorching African desert to far-flung Alaskan islands our boys are defending with their lives those principles America holds to be self- evidentf' Theirs is a job whose importance surpasses all others, yet how well-prepared they are to meet their task is the responsibility of Allies on the home front. Pearl Harbor tossed Americans from the dream of peace into the nightmare of war. It was a jolt which reverberated throughout the world, but which resulted in a tremendous movement toward action that gathered strength and momentum with each passing day! War- hating Americans remained War-hatingg but they became defiant of those Axis destructors of human rights and lives. Victory for the Allies carved into their hearts, became their purpose. Men engaged in non-essential industries quickly changed over to war production. Women