Hazleton High School - Janus Yearbook (Hazleton, PA)

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JOHN PAUL JONFQ John Paul Jones was the first of the great Amerlcan sea fighters Hls famlly was obscure hlS clrcumstances narrow hlS adx antages meager h1s opportunltles hmlted but gemus rose superlor to adx erse clrcumstances and before he dled he was one of the most accompllshed officers who ex er serw ed the Lnlted States The greatest men of Amerlca took pleasure IH hls SOCl9ty and were proud of hls fr1endsh1p Paul Jones uttered the Curt phrase WhlCh has come Flllglllg through the centurles llke a trumpet call to battle the words are those wxth whlch he replled to the demand of the astonlshed Pearson who saw thls enemy s shlp beaten to a pulp and wondered why he d1d not yleld I haxe not yet begun to fight' 17 I nl s 1943 H

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l l OLIVER HAZARD PE RRY At the outbreak of the War of 1812 Oliver Hazard Perry was ordered to Lake Erie to supermtend the construction and equipment of a fleet He built and manned nine vessels m a matter of months and very shortly after ward went lnto action in what IS known as the Battle of Erle Lake ThlS resulted m a complete victory for the Americans Perry became one of the At the concluslon of thls battle Perry lmmediately sent to his superior the dispatch which has become famous ln American history Vle have met the enemy and they are ours JANLS 1943 14 7 , , - chief heroes of the war, and high honors were paid him Wherever he went. ! u ' , rv A. 9 U