Bay Ridge High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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MST Tl-ll GS There are many thrngs I am preservrng for posterity thmgs whrch wrll not be found rn musty volumes 1n dlmly ht book hned hbranes thmgs not mcluded rn the causes results and battles of the war These are the small ever-evadmg vet hauntmg memorres pulsatmg as only the small personal brts of lrfe pulsate The grrls ln the automats deahng out one spoonful of sugar for each cup of coffee The lo n g trrp taken to Boston I standmg all the tlme The way those small httle cards posted on the trams perked you up because they stated you were standrng so that all our boys could be on the march The thnll of that hrst letter from overseas and the wav vou addressed vour letter Care of the General Post Ofhce The hlt Brng Crosbv made srngmg Whrte Chrrst mas The way everyone went around whrsthng When the Lrghts Go On Agarn All over the World The srght of Broadway blacked out All those servrcemen on 42nd Street The next door nerghbor rn slacks and whrte helmet gomg on duty as an arr rald warden The rmportance you felt vuth that whrte starched Ere warden band on your arm and the way everyone asked you what It meant That trlm ofhcer rn the WA A C un1fom1 so neat and dauntlessly young The sound of the arr rald slrens blowing at noon on Saturday like a banshee The way everyones heart stood Stull for yust a moment thrnkmg and afraxd rt was the real thrng The huge servrce flags suspended across the streets wrth Our Boys God Bless Them rn red whlte and blue That glddy feehng after the first pmt of blood was donated The young people at the U S O happrly munchrng doughnuts and srpprng elder The servxce Hags wlth therr whrte backgrounds and blue stars hung IH the vundow of each house on the street The srlent and forebodrng darkness of the streets vuth every other street lamp blacked out The sleepy lookrng headhghts of the autos wrth the lenses covered wlth black pamt rust a sht showrng The torch of the statue rn the harbor no longer hghted 'Ihe way nylon sto klngs were treasured each run a casualty . . . . . , , ... , . 7 1 o - - - , n x KA . .4 4 ,, . . . . H . . ' .4 rv ' ' ll ' .. - rr - u ay - - - - - u sr . . . Y. . . .... , , . . . . ' J ' ' u 1 ,, 4. . . . . r 7 - 7 7 I l 7 . 7' , 7. , . . 1 . v q - 4 - , .