Oakville Senior High School - Tiger Paw Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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. R, A N. MU , V ,V I . . .i I VicToria HarTmann PaTrick Hawkins Kerry Haymaker Michael Heilich Kevin Helfrich Sfeven Hendrix James Henning Noble Hess Kellie Hill Shannon Hill Richard Himmelberg Russell Hinrichs Alison Hoffmann Cindy Hogan Richelle Hohl Beiruf Triggers decision making War and peace is a realify ThaT faces each male eighfeen years and older in The UniTed STaTes. IT is The difference befween being drafTed and going To college, befween sleeping in a foxhole or in a dormifory room. IT is The differ- ence befween killing and learn- ing To preserve life, befween life and deafh ifself. Each of These differences plagues The conscience of each male high school graduaTe. Can I really kill someone'? Of course many can say ThaT when iT comes down To your life, you will do anyfhing To save iT. Then pic- Ture yourself being eye To eye wiTh The enemy. Can you kill a person who is The same age and Thinking The same way you are? The crises siTuaTions in Beiruf and Grenada have provoked many 'I8 year old males To Think abouT Their feelings on war. Senior Tom Knese feels, I won'T fighT for a war I don'T believe in. Realisfically, senior Carl Seim believes The same buT added, I will probably have To fighT any- way. Receiving ThaT drafT nofice in The mail can be The mosT Trama- Tic happening in a male's life. Some may ask, Why me? WhaT's The purpose of war? Three war veferan Ivlr. Heafh sTaTed ThaT war accomplishes nofhing. IT jusf creafes animosify and enemies. STIII some have plans of es- cape. lf l'm drafTed, l'd go To The Universify of ToronTo, boasTed senior Rob Ladage. The feelings and supporT for war was somehow losf for The American public when The U.S. goT involved in police acTion in Korea and Viefnam. IT made The people ask, WhaT are we doing over There? Despife The facT ThaT Americans sTiII geT involved in very confroversial world siTua- Tions, There are sTill paTrioTic voices ThaT can be heard ThroughouT The Unifed STaTes. DespiTe any war The Unifed STaTes mighT geT inTo, I would fighT because I feel a sense of duTy To my counTry and people, replied senior STeve De- Francesco. When asked abouT The proTesT againsf The draff, lvlr. HeaTh com- menfed ThaT while sTaTioned in Viefnam, We didn'T Think abouT some college proTesTs. We were concerned wiTh fighTing for our lives. As The Unifed STaTes involves IT- self in world crises, The aTTiTudes of Today's young men will defi- niTely affecf Their decision To send miliTary supporT. T'l'm scared be- cause l know I can'T kill some- one, sTaTed Chris STevens. IT isn'T ThaT Today's young men aren'T paTrioTic: iT simply means ThaT kill- ing is no longer The choice of The counTry buf The choice of The in- dividual. Seniors - 9