George Stevens Academy - Mountain Echo Yearbook (Blue Hill, ME)

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lNAl'Nft YOU ARE AN AMERICAN THE courtroom was ahve wlth people people IH and out of unlform people w1th books and people wlth cameras pom pous business men wxth f1fty cent c1gars Army Cfhcers and Navy men In the cor ner the members of a marme band dressed 1n shlny blue unlforms wer nervously waxtlng In the m1dst f this mllllng throng there stood a fear ful and wonderlng woman A woman bowed by years of toll A black shawl wls thrown over her shoulders and shadows partlally concealed her face But even n the sem1 darkness a close examrnatlon would leveal that she was a Japanese She was unnotlced 1n the crowd The Whlti? ha1red Judge came forward and rapped the gavel Sllence fell lnstant Anna Isamora come forward please he sald Anna approached t1m1dlv wlth her head low She had been summoned to Anna the Judge sald gently as you know on the seventh of December of last year the Army of N1ppon struck a treach erous blow at the Un1ted States At the same tlme Amerlcans 111 Japan were thrown 1nto concentratlon camps some of them are dead now Anna you are gorng to go avg av from Los Angeles You are golng to a town near Bellevue Indlana The town 1S to be populated by Shlnto Amerlcans You w1ll stav there for the duratlon All of youl lace on the Paclflc coast w1ll accompanv you Now Anna I want you and vou people to make that camp a c1ty an Am erlcan clty Most of you are loyal Amer lcans a few are agalnst our govelnmenf We have no way of telhng between the two Anna I w1sh we could' Anna turned to go but the Judge lnter rupted Anna walt a moment th1s man has somethlng to say to you Anna turned uncertalnly A Navy man came forward he was be decked w1th shlny medals and multi col ored rrbbons He looked at hex wxth pam filled eyes pa1n that only men who have had to do a dreaded thlng know Anna he sald simply You have 1 son m the Navy Anna bowed uncertaxnly Anna I have somethmg to tell you ,our sen Hls vo1ce broke He pxcked up a yellow cablegram and handed It to her Anna could not read but somehow she seemed to sense what It sald Great tears swelled rn her eyes and they blurred her vlsxon The officer took out a white paper He began to read ln a deep reso nant voice For conspxcuous gallantry over and be vond the call of duty the Congress of the Un1ted States of Amer1ca awards the Con gre 1onal Medal of Honor to Hlro Isamo 1a m1dsh1pman Un1ted States Naval Re rve k1l1ed 1n actxon at Pearl Harbor De cember 7th 1941 He halted abruptly and then a blue rrbbon passed over her head and a gold medal swung from It Thats, all Anna except for one thmg Wherever you are whatever you do 1f you hv to be a thousand years old dont for vet YOU RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN' ANIMAL COURAGE 'IHE cat had been starmg at h1m for more than an hour Not a port1on of her body moved She was as lmmoblle as the Sphmx She glared at h1m w1th yellow green eyes Even when he turned h1s head he knew that she was watching h1m He was swearmg under h1s breath Great drops of persp1rat1on rolled along the rldge of h1s nose and dropped onto h1s shlrt front He ran a stubby red finger alone the 1ns1de of hlS collar He had long SIHCC emoved h1s neckt1e but he was Stlll un comfortable A great 1dea struck h1m Why n t unbutton h1s collar button9 Dehghted wlth h1s ldea he reached up two trembllng hands and tr1ed to dlsengage the button but It d1d not work Suddenly he gave a d1sgusted wrench and tore at the button It came off w1th a loud pop and rolled onto the carpet He touched It ruefully w1th a pollshed shoetlp On the desk 111 front of h1m lay a 32 26 Xl llllwl' .' Fl ill Y . , AK , ' ' . . I Y' ' ' . ' , , . ' 1 1 . . V f Q lv . l . . -U . 0 I , '- ' . 5, . 1 ' a ss' ' ' - se , ' ' ' , . . h 'l . - . . ' , , ' X- ln 1 Q ' ly. l f U' H . , v ' - ' . .i . V ' Q ' , -' A I' i V y 'Y 1 K Q I . ' Y the court. She did not know why. -Waldo Comms' 46' , ' ' idvi- , . ' v ' ,, 1 - . - I - , , V r ' ' . ' l . ,g la - Y . - - - v v Y -I - - . H A . . 3 I V . . Kl YY ' ' gg ' ' . ,, 1 Y 1 .

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N automatrc He prcked rt up agarn and hefted rt rn hrs palm Next he rarsed hrs arm rn the manner of a sharpshooter and trred to draw a bead on the cats head One glance at the cats eyes caused hrm to drop the prstol and strfle a shrrek Jumprng up he paced the floor Always wrthout a pause the cat followed hrs progress wrth her eyes He wanted to krll that cat more than anythrrrg else rn the world But every trrne he looked at that cats eyes he almost went mad He cast a fearful glance over hrs shoulder The cat was glarrng trrumph antly at hrm He had to do somethrng I-I glanced agarn at the revolver and sudden lv a thought struck hun Yellrng exultant ly he dashed to the lrquor cabrnet yanked fr door open and grapped a bottle of whrs key Hrs tremblrng hands could not even break the seal He sobbed rn desparr as 1 wave of defeat swept over hrm Then an other rd a came to hun wrth a rush Queer how hrs brarn functroned perfectly rn trmcs of drstress He rushed to the bathroom ar d swrngrng the bottle rn the manner of a baseball bat he neatly shattered the neck agarnst the lead prpe For a moment he stared at the sprlt amber lrquor slowlv eeprng down the drarn Then the fiery fumes awoke hrm to hrs predrcament Rea hrng upon the shelf he procured tumbler frlled rt brrmmrng full and gulped rts contents Then another Th lrqurd porson eave hrm new courage Flrngrnf the half empty bottle on the floor he rushed rnto the next room The cat wa strll there glarrng at hrm Payrng no attentron to her he preked ur the revolver and rnspected rts maeawn Qlrpprng off the safety he swung the gun towards the cat Hrs hand was as teadv as a rcck but the whrskey was makrne hrs head ache He drew a bead on the cat read and hrs trrgger finger trghtened th rr he almost Jumped out of hrs skm The cat had closed rts eyes and fallen asleep The old gleam of self assurance came rnto hrs eves as he frred he saw the cat roll to the tlcor He walked feebly to the wrndovv and looked out Below a prowl car was dravr rn to the curb There would be questr of course he reasoned but a mrllronarre L would have no trouble explarnrng that to the pohce A cat hah' He glanced trr umphantly at the dead form Suddenlv the blood drarned out of hrs face Sweat broke out on hrs brow In death the cats er es were wrde open starrng at hrm' The pollce carrred two bodres from that burldrng Waldo Collrns 46 THE EXECUTION HE man shrvered Had he really done thrs'P He a crtrzen of thrs country No he couldnt have Thrs helpless crea ture b fore hrm dead It was only rn self defen that he had done rt Wouldnt anyone have done the ame thlflgo he asked hrmself over and over agarn Surely he would have It was really te rble the way rt came about The man hrvered agarn If the enemy had not rnfl ed such cruel punrshment upon hrm the death of the mosqurto would ne er have happened Lourse Brllrngs 47 GEESE ' By chance I l oked up rn the sky A flock of geese were flyrng by In a V they seemed to form As toward the South they sped along They drd not know what that V shaped meant As on a mlssron to the South they went As the wrnter months went rollrng by Aoarn I looked up rn the sky Toward the South I could plarnly see The flock of g ese rn a letter V As through the arr they sped along A arn I heard then sprrng trme song I watched as long as I could see That letter V for Vrctory Arlean Staples 47 . f v , F' Nltll TUX If 'IIU '74 . . A . A H . , - v - ' ' ' , I ' . .1 , . - 1 , ' . R7 S , - ' . lk Pk S X il . . I . ' Y L Y ' y . . . NA C ll ' , xi , . T , . . . v s ' v ' . , . Q rs- , . ' . ' V. 9 , . . . I . on . E- ' - - rf 1 . . . Q . ,, . 9 . ,, So. . .. . . . . . W . U sr '. . . 1 ' - N . . . F - Q I . , t . . f CL . . ' ' , v- . . i V . . . , 9 , V 1 , . ,rr ' ' 1 o , ,. . Q P . . as v ' ' ' , 9 i . . . A - . . -1 v AV 1 . . . . 0 , .1 , . H . Q K . - 1 '- . , ff? . , . . h . Q . . , .. ., A. . r . .w O . . c . , 'I ' , A Q ' . ' cz ' 'rung ' 3 A . . . ' ' '. ' r . Y - 1 -