Clover Park High School - Klahowya Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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I I There are many Clover Park boys who have gone into the service of their country4and there will be many more. This 1951 Klahowya is dedicated, in all sincerity, to them. We realize the perils they may one day endure, and though this is but a small token of appreciation we hope it will let them know that we can never forget them, as they will always be a part of Clover Park. HERE IS YOUR WAR By MARY Jo LEONARD With its humor, laughter, and tearsg With its visible and suppressed fears: With its loneliness and longing, From eerie dusk to glorious dawning- Here is your war. And who is fighting this war you say: It's the boys you met and talked to every day. The fellow from the country, the town and village too: The Catholic, the Protestant, and the Jew- Here is your war. They don't want to be heroes any more than you or I: They don't want to shed their blood, or in these strange countries die. They only want to return home And live in peace and security alone- Here is your war. v Mother Earth is their sole protector, And C rations and K rations their source of nectar. The day is their scorching enemy, the night their frigid shield: Under these conditions their sweet lives they yield- Here is your war. With its quiet graves and bloodstained hills Beneath which lie our Joes, our Bobs and our Bills. The endless line of men struggle on Till finally they are gone: Leaving behind their fellow man To carry on as best he can- Here is your war.

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