Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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abiafinguialzecf 011.4 0 lufflon HOMER STEIIN ER We are ploud to dedlcate a po1 tlOn of ou1 annual to Home1 Stelnel one of Bluffton s outstand1ng Se1v1ce Men HOIH61 was aboa1d the a11c1aft car11e1 Wasp when she fell v1ct1m to Japanese to1pedoes off the Solomon Islands At th1s t1me Home1 was plodlng to1pedoes as they struck th vessel and he swam fO1 th1ee O1 four hOLl1S IH shaxk lnfested water before he was 1escued by an AIHGIICHH de stroye1 Two stars are worn as deco1at1on on h1s navy un1fo1m He 1S a Th11d Class Petty Off1cer av1at1on mach1n lStS mate Ste1ne1 enllsted May 5 1941 and completed h1s tramlng at the G1eat Lakes Naval T1a1n1ng School He g1adua.ted wlth the class of 1938 and was captain of the foot ball team 1n h1S sen1o1 yea1 The SCDIOI Class of 43 extends the11 hand 1n a snappy salute and WlSh th1s dlstlngulshed sa1lo1 GOOD LUCK L4..,... DAVID KLIEWER We are also proud to lay clalm to another Bluffton hero Second Leu tenant DaVld Kllewer KIIGWGF played a lone role ln s1nk mg a large Japanese subma11ne dur mg the hero1c stand made by Ame1 1can Marmes at Wake Island Kl1ewer was alone ln h1s fightmg plane when he slghted the Japanese submar1ne He went lnto a d1V9 tu1n1ng h1s machlne guns on the submar1ne As he pulled out of the dlVe he loosed two 100 pound bombs whlch sank the submarme lmme d1ately The date of th1s hero1c attack was g1ven as December 12 1941 Khewer IS now a pr1soner of war In the hands of the Japanese He IS reported to be ahve and IH good health Kllewer graduated from Bluffton Hlgh School IH 1935 and was vale d1cto11an of hlS class Another salute IS made by the Class of 43 as they w1sh thls A1r man the BEST OF LUCK xp 1 we ff' . Q' di .5 . I JN V t Y 'lf 1 ' V . ' ., I v- - hurled fifty feet by the shock of ex- - - - ' - . U . I . . , - . , ' 1 . 1 . , , . . . A D , . . 11 , - . . . . . . . , . . . -

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YIM N. uv- nw Qs 9 i 3 .- X 'f'.-W' Harry Turner Donavin Steiner James Grifith Tony Wilsrn Harry Shrider Emerson Niswander Dale Reichenbach Alan Neuenschwander James Benroth Wade Lape Thomas Crawford Paul Soldner - - . X Clair Habegger Sam Triplehorn Garfield Griffith James Owens Wade Basinger Glen Slusser Mary McGinnis Don MCCZEGITY 'RIP' Q QU