John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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SURE IM angry of course Im mad and so would you be mf you were me You ve never been through hell and they have Endless days sleep less mghts guns roarlng grenades blastmg the earth 1nto llttle pieces whxch serve as a haven for the1r mangled bodles How do I know so much? Well lt all happened not too long ago but 1t seems Just hke yes terday that Get set we re almost at our destmatlon and hsten you leathemecks g1ve lt everythmg you vp got 1t s all or nothing Then ln a few mlnutes everythmg rs one blg nolse hells breakmg loose and your body moves mechamcally Nothmg matters you dont hear you dont see but you thmk plenty You re runnmg and yellmg and shootlng alongs1de your fatal blow your best fnend got 1t and you curse and swear your brams out But you cant help h1m now oh why dld rt have to be h1m? Sure now you re mad fxghtlng mad You see red you re not th1nk.ng of yourself 1ts thoughts of Iohnny that are run nmg through your head Iohnny who rs lymg back there face down 1n the mud And then you look about and suddenly take nottce of the others who have fallen Then you begm to wonder how you ever remarned ahve and unharmed Maybe 1ts just pur luck but no t1me for 1dle thoughts now got to keep gOl!1g ahead run nmg shootmg got to keep ahve The hrst day rs over but a heck of a lo that means Day runs mto mght mght 1nto day Bodles are fatlgued eyes half closed Oh' but for one rughts sleep but no you ve got to go on ReCelV1!'l.g letters from home does help lt helps a lot You eat up every word contamed rn them and you read them 29 over and over agam You read these durmg your spare tlme Ha thats a laugh The pages are held m one hand wh1le the other IS kept busy w1th a gun Your left eye devours the words rt sees wh1le the nght eye IS ever watchful on the enemy Was all th1s worth rt I ask you was lt? Those young fellows your brother your son and yes even your sweet heart are wrth us now only ln sprnt Are the1r lrves worth the prlce of that volcamc pxece of land'-7 By now you ve probably guessed my ldentlty I am the sp1nt of Iwo Ilma I am doomed to walk th1s Slflp of earth t1ll the end of t1me On th1s my xsland home lxve the ghosts of the Marmes now dwellmg ln another world Alongslde them walk the soldlers and sallors who have also made the1r fmal exrts And I watch over them I protect them I am preservxng th1s httle b1t of Amenca m the name of your son your brother your sweetheart NYO3 AH lItlM0'l'I0lI HWS . . . C ' i , Q. I 5 . . . I . - - - . ' Q- . , . - I , . -a h . ' . . - . 5- - . I 1 T m A ' . 5 - . - - . H. ' . I , . , .1 - l - - . ' 5 h ' - ' - - ' . N I . . ' U l . ' ' . 2 ' - -- . Di , ' , - ' 0 ' . ' -1 . . . I . ' Q 5 - I h , - ' n . . 5 i ' 5 - l - . , . ' ' - . ' 0 . . . , 5 m . I I . i ' Q 5 . 5' l , . . ' .-v 1 KJ - 1 . . 0 . . u I I . . I It .A , Ill! ' . r . - , ' - I 1 4 ' ' - r, I' v '. - r - - - l ' Y. ' . . Q' . . k . . , h .4 .,l- . ' I ,' . . ' - . 4 x 5 . I . . ' . . . . ' I . ' . YIAI Qtugf' OMI

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FLYIMI SAIISAFK PATR C A LYNCH WHEN THE men talked about lt one fellow would always say That could only happen to Charl1e and 1t was perfectly true Charl1e 1S just a natu ral hom 1erk or gmk as the fellows call hlm Hes the kmd of a guy who always puts h1s foot 1n xt If Charlxe accldentally knocks someone down no fear of 1t be.ng a pr1vate or cor poral 1ts always a captaln or major But as I Sald thats Charlxe all over Hes on K P so much the fellows bought h1m a speclal kmfe to peel spuds w1th It even has h1S name on 1t These are all everyday happen mgs 1n h1s l1fe but h1s latest expert ence tops them all and everyone ln Squadron 14 of the Ar Force has been talkmg about 1t It all happened on a foggy day 1n February when Charl1e and a few other p1lots were sent on a mlsslon wlth orders to strafe all enemy ve hlcles they came III contact wlth About 10 mlles west of Erlurt Charl1e ran mto a German tank and w1th 1ng everythmg he had 1nto 1t Hts guns must have h1t a tender spot be lyk cause III a spl1t second the tank was a tlammg mferno Charl1e was so en grossed w1th the f1re that he forgot to pull out of the dlve qulck enough Ahead of hlm was a beautlful weep mg wrllow tree and before he knew xt he flew r1ght through 1t Inc1dent ally he took most of the tree wlth hlm It all happened so fast and he was a b1t surpr1sed to fmd h1s plane splttmg gasolme and coughmg ft fully The old lady was on her last eg and Charl1e could thmk of noth mg to do but hmp back home and pu her down as best he could He e one of h1s landmg gears back wxth the bottom half of the tree so 1t wasnt going to be so easy How ever about a m1le from the held he made an emergency landmg and al though the plane was ready for the Junk heap Charl1e was 111 perfect condrtlon not a scratch on htm He drdnt stay that way though As he lumped out of the cockplt he landed on a rock and recemved a lt at the t1me but he had Just mys terlously broken h1S leg But that wasnt all for wh1le he was llmpmg away he h1t h1s head on the wmg and fractured h1s skull As he sunk to the ground he fell on a p1ece of shrapnel and cut h s other leg open Well when he flnally came to 1n the hosp1tal and explamed what hap pened the fellows roared He d1d a more thorough job than the Nazls could have done When the fllght ofhcer came to see htm the f1rst thlng Charl1e dxd was start apologlzmg for wrecklng the plane Hes well on the road to re covery now and hell soon be back ready for K P agam Oh well thats Charl1e for you' UN n 1 I .E ' W 3 I It u . 1 I cv . ,, . , , C I 'Q' C I . . . - , , O W I ll ' ll . D-1 ' ' . - I . . I 1 6 u - ' I I I . . . . i- 1 . . - ' - l . ' l ft ' ' 5 . , . I . . nose earthward' he dove downf pour' series of sharp pains. He didn't know x x ' . I . :Q ,f X i ' f X . ' . 1 - I . . Ie ,. -. I s I - A T . I . . ,U .H y Q I Q H ' , 28

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DREAMS MARY BO A FLASH of srlvery steel on the 1ce the swlsh of a short full skxrt was what you saw as Nadme skated over the frozen surface of the lake cuttmg 8s and many other d1ff1cult hgures It was about ten o clock Saturday mom mg and there were only the men hx mg the grandstand and a small group of people on the shore whlle Nadrne practrced She drdnt stop m the mld dle of her breathtakmg sprn but Na drne could tell that they were admrrmg her graceful beauty Conce1ted ' No she was just happy land excltedl The annual Ice Carmval was bemg held on the lake 1n the afternoon as on nme prevlous years and k1ds were commg from vrllages w1thm a fGdll.lS of thrrty mrles to take part m the con tests. There would be prlzes for hgure skatrng and races on skates and 1n 1ce boats And the two best performers of the day would be crowned Kang and Queen of the camrval Dutch Parker would be ln the brg events too Oh wouldnt lt be wonder ful rf they could be Kmg and Queen together' tHe never paid any atten t1on to her m school before but he would after the carnrval Nadme closed her eyes and could feel the mayor gently placlng the beautrful sparklmg crown on her head Dutch w1th hrs crown was smrlmg at her Now they were at the town hall for a banquet Nadme and Dutch sat beslde the mayor and the other people drank a toast to the new Kmg and Queen As she opened her eyes Nadme could still hear the1r cheers echolng ul her ears Then she realized that lt was the people on shore Could they possibly lmow how she felt her glonous to be ahve feel1ng Nadme looked back at the shore and sudden ly she knew that they were callmg to her to come back She tumed around too late to see the srgn marked Danger Thm Ice! The xce broke wrth a crash Nadmes older srster Gwen rarsed herself on her elbow tumed to Nadme and murmered sleeplly Do you have to make so much norse when you fall out of bed Nad1ne'9 And then turned over and went back to sleep agam for lt wasnt even daylrght yet And Gwen wanted to get all the sleep she could so that she would be rested for the afternoon because she was entered m the hgure skatrng contest m the Ice Camlval ff' if N H if JM QW' FW. Wm' if 5 H A 30 -Q, 2 . 1 ' 1 I ' C E 1 - ' I o , . . . - f l H' ' A x f I f V f,f' . I - 1 Ml . Q 1 I X ll n X I .wi H - I IX ,ft V My .. . , l ' ' T' I ff X K - ' f 1, ly . ., . ,, 1,1 7 K If YI . . M X If . V, f , ' 'XX H! X ll 4 -n ' ' ' 5' 'A .. . . . ak ,Jig l W . ' :g?fr4'2 S W . Fw, ,E fb H U - lf -. . 7 f wk 1 I y 77 , Nl I 1 l I l 'rf Khin . . 'I A 4,1 ' lr X-. ' . X ,SQ lx . . - -n .