Fort Bragg High School - Breath of Ocean Yearbook (Fort Bragg, CA)

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Ulu the jliilemurp uf warren Iiaarnlh Ylemmnn Svzninr, 1944 this Breath nf Busan is respntfullp hzhiratzh hp the Breath uf QBcean Qtaff Warren l-larold Lemmon was born in For? Bragg on July 7, l926, and wi+h Jrhe exceplion of a shor'r period, allended For+ Bragg Schools lhrough- oul +he years of his educalion. l-le enlered Forl Bragg l-ligh School in Sepiember, l94l, and was a sludenl here unlil his dealh on February 9, I944. l-le was a member of lhe Senior Class lo giraduare in June. l-le was admired and respecled by sludenlrs, facully and all who lcnew him as mosl lrusfworlhy and reliable, one of lhe school's linesl Jrraclcmen, an underslanding, guiel buf lun-loving friend. Warren has lell wilh us a spiril of cooperalion and fellowship which we, Jrhe sludenls ol Forl Bragg l-ligh School, will noi forgel.

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FUREUJUHD On flue baffle fields, on flue sea and in flue air, flue forces of democracy and luuman decency are loclced in morfal combaf wiflu flue opposing forces of fofalifarianism and compulsion. Slowly. buf sfeadily, fluose of democracy and decency are defeafing flue enemy and pushing back flue barbarous luordes wluo would rule flue world and enslave manlcind. As flue day of final vicfory for flue Unifed Nafions' cause comes ever nearer we musf focus our fluouglufs upon flue peace wluiclu is fo follow. 'flue conflicf is more fluan a baffle befween nafions. Fundamenfally if is a conflicf of ideas and idealsg flue ideas of luuman dignify and individual worflu versus fluose of flue supremacy of flue sfafe and flue concepfion of a masfer race dominafing an enslaved world. Wluaf will be flue fruifs of Vicfory fluis fimef7 Will we as a nafion ever be willing again fo dodge our infernafional responsibilifies? Will our acfions or refusal fo acf in concerf wiflu ofluer nafions dedicafed fo world peace once more become a foolislu prelude fo anofluer world-wide conflagrafion? Can we again afford an osfriclu-like isolafionism wluiclu may lead us down flue road fo World War III? Suclu guesfions as fluese l commend fo you in wluose luands flue desfiny of our Nafion will reside. Tluose of you wluo are graduafing from flue American public luiglu scluool musf falce your places nof only in flue figlufing, buf also in flue peace and reconsfrucfion fo follow. We will win vicfory by our superior force. Force, alone, luowever, will nof insure a beffer world fluougluf if may sef flue sfage. Tlue parf flue Unifed Sfafes sluall play upon fluaf sfage is yef fo be defermined. Tlue seriousness of our purpose and flue wisdom of our decisions may luold flue lqey fo a iusf peace and flue esfablislumenf of a world devofed fo freedom and securify for all mankind. A wrong cluoice may mean flue firsf sfep foward anofluer war wluiclu could conceivably seal flue fafe of manlcind for cenfuries fo come. Tluis fluen is flue faslc. lvlay we succeed! JAM ES L. SNELL. Superinfendenf

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Zin Memoriam THE BOYS FROM FORT BRAOG UNION HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OE THEIR COUNTRY. JOHN CECIL OWEN, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FORT BRAG6 UNION HIGH SCHOOL.