Oskaloosa High School - Maroon Memories Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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An Oskaloosa yearbook xxould not be complete without a sectxon de voted to lts former students xxho haxe fought and d1ed for our coun try and fox those xxho ale tram mg to help complete the task of freelng us and the xx olld of Fascxst Japan Lack of space requlres that xxe l1m1t thls sectlon to form ex students lepolted kllled and to recent students POI many photo graphs xxe 'ue mdebted to relatlves of serxlce men and to the Oska loosa Herald Companx Reported Killed Pvt James Byron Cruzen servmg m the lnfantry xx'1s reported kllled 1n Gelmany on Octobel 2 1944 H xxas the flrst membex of the grad uatmc class of 1944 to sacrlfice hls l1fe Pxt Harold R Fortnex d1ed IH actlon ln October 1944 He serxed xx 1th the 116th Infantry and had seen actlon ln Flance Bel glum Holland and Gelmany Qgt Iohn R WICKIIIIXPS lost hm l1fe on Lexte Island ln the Phlllp pmes on Octobex 26 1944 He xxas ln the fnst xxave of mfantlx land mg., ln Hollandm 1n Dutch Nexx lettel xx as from that lsland Keith Farl Nlmard Ph1lUl'1ClQtQ Mate C Nax d1ed of a hea ITIJUIX xx h1le on duty xx 1th the hos xl Corps of e S LI'lIlI'lP x11t1on Corps the Sou 1 Pomlf C Sat xxl'st0ll Alhrlghton lost hls l1f ln Gelmanx on M'11Ch 16 1941 about four months aftel gom oxerseas Second Lneut lax S Baas of tne Almx All Forces los hls l1fe on '1 mlsslon oxer Gezmanx ln January 1945 He had com pleted thlrteen rnlssxons and had been axxarded the Alr Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster ' ' ' . ' , . Q Guinea in April. 1944 and the last 3 U. S. .' 'y, ' d pit: ' . th U. . 1 . A 'A: ' in tl f T i .

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Decllco hon Soon after the seniors of Oskaloosa lligh school entered as freshmen, this country was plunged into the worst war of history by the treacherous Japanese who sent peace envoy to 'Washington to cover up their attack on our fleet at Pearl Harbor, December 4 19-11 From a slow begrnnrng, our nations fighting power has grown until 1tS might su ept ox er European battle fields to xictorx, but the Japanese re main to be defeated before the nation and world are safe Oshaloosas former students have flgured prominently rn the nations armed serxice from the fl1St, and the number killed serving our country has grovs .1 to almost 30 officially declared dead Those precious ln es were wasted unless wars are made impossible To the bo s who formerly walked the halls of old OHS and who died to make this a outer world to others who may die before thelr mission IS accor rph hed, and to the lasting peace for which they died we respectfully dedicate this i941 issue of Maroon 'llemories THE UN Tlo H URGANIZATIUN FUR PEACE AND WURLD PRUGRESS api' ENCOUIA-GCS NA vows vo ctzovtluvt uI-u-ur--..-- ...H-Jn... ite IOP!! no-1 K I! HOMCYIS YUGWDYY hu- an-I -1. an-nm 4.-Q,-L Egg' EN-1 ADVANCI5 SKI Al VUOOIESS wh -4'-1 he'--4 ,H- KBYIIS FIEENDAG C0-IQWOUB 'ii N-tsldfvtll -Nu.. .,.'.4,..4 f Nui- Pi 5 'U 4' lf il my I 45 CX90 NAVIS INYEUNA lQsAl AGQNC G 'brian ii INYEPNATIONAL COURI .D l wr -i IGENIRAL pl f- Smumfy ASSEMBLV , ,i COUNUL Of JUSYICE mul I uni! Q- sam hwy ECONO 5 SOCIAL I COUNCIL mu Y Surf SECRETAIHAI COMMITTKE inAiv DECOR!-L cs fur Fgizwf ,S we cms C G! S I. in Oifls LA D INYIRNHIONH ORGINIIHION PROPOSED H mv pw wa .VN dmv -.4 -. L- up DUMBIRIUN OHS of-we QA .cf ap-sp L. new nun qw' F! AD rvswrw L uns ot lD wnvoxs I ru-fs va cow von Amnvzurs ,,, von a : -0 MA ,- .,.. v- ..,. As: ocira INVCS '15 U UVB QITWYEN NAVDONS dvi- Q nu 5 KACULM SFTTILMINYS lg.. 1-f-rf,-u noun-J new DKDIS ON lA.LUCS IO KHP YN! RAC! 1...-, nu- :Riff POuCAl UKCONO IC C7094 ....... .,....... .,.... l nt ,' 7.5 ,- 7 I ' 1 xiii VA!! LAIVACUY 1 1 I I I r- X , . I 1 v I . I ' y . Q . v 1 0 Y . . ' - v . - . ' 1' . y . - r 4 ' I I v I I v w V 1 I I I ' I u . ' I l , . . 4 u n -I I D r 1 v. . I K ' I .I 'Q' I I I I v v I Y 1 l ' vv v I I v . J . v . . ,L ' 7 I . V . . . . . - 9 a ' . . i . . , , 4 , , n. 5 I ' A ' . , . 'X f A Av' ' ,, 44 ,4 , .W tr I X, . ' , . t. .. - . l . xiii, fpf r . . in H 1 'K -ef..1xes'fs:,' . My -W. '-fs 44' af 'llfiigsilxf ' 'fiylm si' .Q it -1 V N N- f A . , , , napa. 2- A...-Alisa c X Hg ' X l '. n, . r A J-L - : .. ,,. I-I 1-fig' l ' g-. , , vi. :J ,N .3 W- .m 0 Q y,g Qi ,lx 4' 3 is. - f- I, . fly! A ini. ., - 41 I az L ' -..s if ' 1 33- ' ' 5 l A , , , Q: , - bv 4 L Y L - Y , . Q 1 :L 1.6, M .., , 3, ' 1 . 51 V' , f....-....M4...... ...U-.-... Q an ng- fi wltvbdsvsgvfwsuhdhlnlun .1 1:Jf,v, -fig'-higfviyggq ..,, , .,.,, 1 X p gs- but , ,W-V-'f , 3 ,Q ,A-,177 -F Eg Q ' gy ' - ' fl-' - - 6 J?,i?'Cff-X-'rr . , ' rw f ' X :ff 5' N . .e - . . ,.,g s 4 n. 19,5 ,. ., , ,, ,nts g. 'L-'-D' n MIC , ' r 1 ' f M R f ' A F A A I A VL cu-an 5 h - ini. sen , ,,-1,4 ..w-,..,-- 1 V. . .. ,.., .4 ......-... ... -w-4--1 ,h K ON Q - ' .-ur.-.-.4c.-1... , . ,. . SHN ', 5- A ' W- 1 f F n , ,- - ,' -f Q w , A -4 V -YQ 4 ,.. we 2 1 ' ' ' .e , 1 jg? ., A. Nl ,. 7 ', 1- -4 e--A .1 - - , h 1, . . . ,. H , : I 1 Y .. , H fi 3 , L ..-....eN,.1 , -HNV... . .V ', ,Q- l . we..-l.-.,. .,..-......-, - I V - - . f S V- . - ' . - ' .. N v-fm-..-we .fn .-Q ..-...-0... W- -ua ,Ig 1 i, ...aus--ms . ...f--..-f.,..,....s. .. - Nmomi M M .,.......,... ...,..... V . . V owl... -iv Qs, au r....1.......-.....-......4. ...- '- '-l 'l '1','1Qfj'f2,':fjTf,L' C-...,.s..r.f....., A e f N .............. - - A A .xv , ,C I-W iii -4 lx- -, 4' ' 'Q 'r-.f.1f--f-env:-L., 1-Q-f-.--in,m c--.se-s'.'.q of 0 vfuvmw .- wsu . 9 . I 1 f-'mm - Qc . G19-:vBv :-1 Lash .1-.4 .f.f.m- ,v :vw-f-.--:- -.-Q41-. v- vw. J. f vnu 1, .N M A U-hd ... ... .1 V ... N 72,121 .......:............ .....:....... 43' get -,Q t X ffffffgg , VA. + -Y r A ,X-51:-,QA ,...1:i, ,. V-Q A f g. ,, ' - A - L -1-..,,. -2 ' 2. lr ,IAA 1,5 1.11,-W V i .' X , . Q run.: -11, fl lj' u . 5 -V rf, iz ,. X, w HY f, ,,,.1,.cs. -1.3- , . 1 y X, J ,, ., .. ,i I s L-' 1 E ,mf ' 2 - : we-skffff 11-X 5 f J . , ' v .. 1 A -- x r . , , , H I V ' l M M M ' N V MAI S V Z M' U' Q.--.-4-1...-4-pn--,s ...--..--.U-...,,-Q-...n 'l 5 ' ' 0 ru-Q v-n..,..,..,.--.f.,.4.,-.4 :.-u-.1...-..-,-.f...-4.-.m...- 5 '1'1P 1 ivnjti pq' V ' YFAINAN 1111911-lluwldcniiliulh-11451:

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