Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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, Today we are fighting the largest and most expensive , War of all times-expensive not only in cost of material but also in the cost of human life. Up to the time of the publi- cation of this Gothic, fourteen alumni of Bloomington High have made the supreme sacrifice for the country they loved. The gold star boys Whose pictures were not obtained are William Mershon and John Keith. C. DON HAYNES ROBERT BADERTSCHER BILLY TIREY QUINN CURRY GEORGE E. SMITH RICHARD MINTON

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- The type of American boy Gerry Kisters is, un- ,Et getty rfcisfefzs The Senior Class of 1944 pays tribute to a gallant member of the Class of '37, Lieutenant Gerry Kisters. Lieutenant Kisters is the first soldier in World War II to receive both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor. He also is the recipient of the Purple Heart. During action in the Tunisian campaign, Kisters annihilated an 88- caliber field piece that was directing murderous fire at Allied troops. He escaped unscathed and later participated in the Sicilian campaign. In Sicily, single-handed, he wiped out two German machine gun nests with grenades, killed three Nazis, captured four more and caused one to flee in terror. It was during this attack that he was injured. Seven German bullets entered his body-five of them inflicting serious wounds. Lieutenant Kisters, who has been called the Sergeant York of World War II, attended high school at Houghton Lake, Michigan, for three years and then came to Bloom- ington where he graduated with the Class of '37, changed by his citations, honors and notoriety, was sin- cerely portrayed in his simple statement concerning his own post-war plans: After this war, I'm coming back to Bloomington to take over the fur business so that my dad can retire. He deserves it.

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