Blend High School - Memories Yearbook (Blend, IL)

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BOK5MI0N J (B Qlbose ho its of llh'nhi) fotunship fjHtgb School - who so courageously gave their lives for us onh for our country-to Preserve our the o is of %tfe, TStberiy, awl» the Pursuit of 7JXnwivtesjr- we, the Senior (Class of iStoeieett buxthreh forty-eight, grate- fully nvib unforgettiugly os tribe tw? bcMcaie our Antruat. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES JOHN BETSA MIKE BETSA JOE DOMINETTO ROBERT PLR0Y TOM ROLANDO STEPHEN SARTORIS JOHN SPUDKH FRANK WARGO VINCENT WALTIS ROBERT CARTER EL'GENL MOLNAR

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Jit is xnrr wish, first, in presenting this Annual to you, we fri given ymr something you mill cherish arib treasure always. All the and events which heme b our school life are recorded as living memories for you. With the expenditure of much time energy axfo Perseruerance me mere able tobrmg about its completion. It null,however, be very much more worth while if you, our students, look upon it with as much genuine appreciation as we, the Staff have m presenting it to you. (thJViunral Sfaff

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Staff Sergeant John Spudich Sawyerville Born: Sawyer ville-May 27, 1907 Died: March 23, 1945-Luzon Served Three years in the U. S. Army First Lt. Frank Wargo Benld Born: Benld-February 28, 1920 Died: June 7, 1944 Austria-Hungary Served: Four years in the U. S. Army Air Force Mike Betsa Benld Bom: Benld-January 13, 1919 Missing in action Served: In the U.S. Merchant Marines Robert Carter Sawyerville Born: Thayer, 111 -June 25, 1924 Died: December 2, 1943 Caroline Islands Served: One year-Seamen first class in the U.S. Navy Sergeant Eugene Malnar Sawyerville Bom: Benld-October 28, 1923 Died: May 3, 1945-Okinawa Served: Three years in the U. S. Marines Pvt. Stephen Sartoris Benld Born: Benld-Sept. 12, 1919 Died: July 9, 1943 Algeria-N. Africa Served: One year in the. U. S. Army Air Force