Washington High School - Massillonian Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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E have seen this nat1on through four years of global COI'1HlCt but the roar of alrplanes and the marchlng of soldlers are grlm remlnders that thls clash of forces has not been terminated Thls vear however has seen this plcture grow much brlghter as vlctorles on the many battle fronts stlll the roar of those guns ind restore freedom to those FCQIOHS whlch have been crushed under the heels of cruelty and oppresslon We here at Waslmlngton Hlgh have seen the effects of one more year of war Yes war his wrought many changes the past year The servlce honor roll has become steadily larger Each new gold st xr on the Hag remlnded us of the toll war took of the students who left us to prove themselves so herolcally on the field of battlc Almost every day boys IH unlform could be seen remmlscmg 1 the corridors or rn one of thelr favorlte classrooms The vlsltors reglster ln the office recelved the slgnatures of boys from all branches of the SCYVICC boys whose thoughts were ever turnmg to those pleasant dlys at school It lb to these boys and tllfxll' comrades on dlstant Islands III the P8Clf'lC on the seven seas and on all contlnents of the world that we turn for the theme of our book They could not return to walk ln the corrldors or VlSlt some favorlte classroom bec ruse thelr statlon was a fox hole IH the Phlllpplnes or the turret IH 1 super bomber blcxstlng the very heart of the enemy True they longed to return to llVC once agaln those days at Washlngton Hlgh but the rc xhty must Walt untll the enemy of freedom over the world has been crushed However physlcally lmposslble lt was for these boys to return we know that they drd durmg qlllel moments ln the fox hole return by means of thelr lmaglnatlons to re llve oncc again their expc rlences here at school Vi c than have chosen a boy typlcal of the many G I s from Misslllon whom we call ohn Smith We shall jom hlfll even to hrs distant lnttle stwtlon and try to capture those thlngs IU the llfe of our school WlllCl1 filled hls lmaglnatlon tx 1 . . . . 1 1 v v L 2 ,, ' . y . . . , c s S 5 1 c 1 g Y , n . . . . . . . fx A A 1 V c ,. , - 4 4 ,c c E . ., 1. . ' ' ' 1 a c , . , , E -1 1 y C . ' Y c . , . . . . L ' ' . c c Y 'ff - r. x E . . . . Y v v 4 f r . . ' . . i - . 1 . ' - A 1 1 X r - 1 1 . - e v y . . ' 1: ' C , .

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