Niles Junior High School - Milestones Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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i9 X -- ' V ' X f ff V X QQQ 9 '7 ? X T' NX 53 W : 6 QTY: FUN Ui! f G' FST' THEY WERE EXPENDABLE w. L. wi-me They Were Expendableu is The TirsT greaT sTory To come ouT oT our war as seen by The men TighTing iT. ' When The Japs aT.Tacked Pearl Harbor, lvloTor Torpedo BoaT Squadron Three wenT inTo acTion. This Squadron was picked To Take General lv1acArThur on The perilous Trip ouT oT BaTaan To AusTralia. Based around These liTTle boaTs The Tragedy oT BaTaan is Told. BaTaan. Americas l.iTTle Dunkirk . The auThor oT This book has inTerviewed The remaining survivors oT This gallanT squadron. They are Bulkley, Kelly. Akers, and Cox, names ThaT will never be TorgoTTen, From Their sTories. WhiTe has wriTTen an exciTing drama. The auThor has never done a beTTer iob oT wriTing. He has caughT in This sTor , The suspense and drama oT The experience oT lvloTor Torpedo BoaT Squadron Three. They Were Expendable is a sTory To sTir all oT us. PHILIP KRAMER. QBR BURMA SURGEON By DOCTOR GORDON S. SEAGRAVE Dr. Seagrave's sTory is a record oT courage, advenTure and devoTion To work. When Dr. Seagrave TirsT came To Burma he had a dirTy shack To work in. AgainsT impossible odds he broughT medical and surgical aid To The Burmese. He had many hardships during The Tollowing monThs. His insTrumenTs were inadequaTe Tor The operaTions ThaT he did. buT because oT his undaunTed courage, his paTienTs usually pulled Through. The paTienTs aT Times didn'T cooperaTe wiTh him. He had a poor nursing sTaTT also. He Tinally did geT a nurse who TaughT The oThers. When paTienTs could noT come To him in his hospiTal. he wenT To Them, over bumpy roads and where roads were someTimes only six inches wider Than his car. When The war sTruck, he performed magniTicenT service. unTil The Time came To leave in The Tamous Trek ouT oT Burma wiTh General STilIwell. He is now somewhere in lndia TreaTing Chinese soldiers and hoping ThaT new acTion may develop againsT The Japs so ThaT he' can go back To Burma. l suggesT ThaT all oT you who enioy sTories oT This Type Try To geT Burma Surgeon. ' JOSEPH MAI-HG. 9BR -39- -

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WAR AND PEACE, BY LEO TOLSTOY 1 The synopsis oT The sTory which I shall give you shorTIy cannoT be made much longer Than The brieTesT oT ouTlines because The book iTseIT is very long and involves noT one buT many pIoTs. each one having some inTIuence upon The oTher. War and Peace meeTs all The requiremenTs Tor being an hisToricaI record. a TicTion record. and a record oT human lives. The book deals wiTh NapoIeon's invasion oT Russia and by acTuaI conTacT wiTh generals and civilians presenT aT The Time oT The war, ToIsToy was able To give a living picTure oT Russia. He Tells how when Moscow was burning. The nobiIiTy in PeTrograd were TeasTing. and Thoroughly describes The scorched earTh policy, and The aid oT General WinTer and guerilla warTare. The book also has romance and advenTure in iT and can suiT any person's TasTe. For Those who are consisTenT classic lovers This book is a musT. ALVIN ZIMMERMAN, 9BR A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN Fx sTory which I have recenTIy read is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . This is The sTory oT a poor Tamily who wanTed To be someThing. Francie Nolan, Trom The momenT she enTered her own IiTTIe world in Williamsburg. Brooklyn, had To know Toughness. I like This sTory because iT's a mixTure oT comedy and drama. IT is a sTory oT crueITy and kindness. love and hafe. happiness and Tears. BeTTy SmiTh. The auThor oT This book has picked and described her characTers magniTicenTIy. I'm sure iT This book were To be made inTo a moving picTure, iT would be a greaT success because iT is so human and True To IiTe. Aucis CI-IAMPI. 9A3 COME ON, CORNY, LET'S POP WhaT could be cornier, Tresher oTT The cob Than your LiTTIe Moron sTories? In spiTe oT a new Trend Toward miIiTary jokes and Gremlin sTories. The LiTTle Moron sTiII Tops Them all as The TavoriTe. Here are some new ones To add To your coIIecTion. Do you know abouT The I.iTTIe lvloron who: I. KepT a scissors in his mouTh all day because he was cuTTing wisdom Tee-Th? 2. Wore pumps on his TeeT because he had waTer on The knee? 3. PuT a bloTTer up To his ear so he could hear The ink spoTs? 4. Tied his wiTe To a railroad Track so he could see The Pennsylvania PoIka ? 5. WenT To a lumber yard To see a draTT board? I 6. SIepT wiTh his waTch under his pillow so he would wake up on Time? 7. Who cuT OTT his hands so he could wriTe shorThand? 8. Who peeked under The rug To see The Tloor show? 9. Who Took a ruler To bed To see how long he sIepT? ANNA SEIF. 9BR -40-