Wildwood High School - Breakers Yearbook (Wildwood, NJ)

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1983-84 saw America militarily involved on two fronts. Marines were sent into Lebanon to preserve the peace. After the bombing of our embassy there, the marines were withdrawn to ships off-shore. Marines also launched a surprise invasion of the Car- ribean island of Grenada to resolve the democracy there. 1984 marksthecndof Presi- dent Reagan's four year term. While the yearbook was going to press. Mon- dale, Hart, and Jackson On September 1, a Korean Air were preparing to go up against President Reagan in November for the presi Lines 747 was hit by a Soviet air-to-air missle, dential race. resulting in the death of all 269 Scientists worked feverish- ly to find a cure for the dreaded AIDS disease (Aquired Immune Defi- ciency Syndrome). Affect- ing mainly homosexuals, Haitians, and drug addicts the cure is still unknown. crew. The reason for this tragic mishap is still unknown. A victim of the Beirut involvement. Lieutenant Robert Goodman and his plane were shot down by the Syrians. Worldwide attention was focused on him after presidential candidate Jesse Jackson helped secure his release. People everywhere mourned the death of one of America's favorite anchor women, Jessica Savitch. She tragically died as a result of a car accident. The Philadelphia Seventy Sixers were able to capture the title of being the National Basketball As- sociation Champions for the 1982-83 season. These faces represent 11 years of memories as members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. They will be remembered for years to come and will not only live on in our minds and hearts but also in rerun heaven. Vanessa Williams, 20, made her claim to fame as not only being the 56th Miss America but also as being the first black woman to be bearer of the title.