Paso Robles High School - El Roble Murmullo Yearbook (Paso Robles, CA)

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LITERATURE IIIFX XX XS ONLI1 X SOjl1R lhex xxas onee a sojer He got that xxax from berng drafted He eome from a plaee rn Ohro xxhreh he had been born at and xx hrch he had lrxed all hrs lrfe Exen so, he xxasnt no hrek He xxas a good man and he talked good U S Xmerrean Xnxxxax xxhen Rox Cthat xxas hrs name, xxas took rn the Xnnx the first thrng he done xxas to get hrs elothes hxed decent 'I hex grxe hrm a unr form, onlx the pants xxas too b1ggx and he spent 92 gettrng them sexxed rn doxxn tl1e srdes He slep nex to a gux that eome from Columbus Ohrol lhrs ertx buh sure eould srng He xx s real genteel too 1nd hed took lessons 1n strtute Lxerxbodx 1t Lilllp thought he xxas good 1nd Rert ud smg on 1ll the eamp radro shoxxs Hrs na111e xx IS Egbert onlx he xxas just ealled Bert Some xx 1xs or other those txxo xxas kept together 1nd thex got on good and soon thex xxas real bud dres From Rrrgg rn Carohna to Rennrng rn C1eor gra thex xx ent together Thex got some medals for shootrn and haxonettrn too Then the aps bombed Pearl Harbor and the xxhole regrment began moxrng toxx ard Frrseo Thex L1g7agged 1erost the eountrx, prtehrng camp rn anx good plaee On tl1e ro1d xx 1snt so bad 'lhex xx IS loads of purtx gurls to xx 1xe at em Rox and Rert jogvled most tl1e xx 1x xxrth therr feet out of tl1e end truek Rox p11nted 1 sxxell srgn xxhreh sar ,llllS I9 the IND of thls eonxox e drrxer xx IS 1 dark quret gux xxh1el1 had a xxrfe xxhreh xx IS gorng to haxe 1 babx rooo mrles axxax He 1ad 1 eleanrng store too 'Xoleojx eould make h1n1 feel no better San Frm arnt suel1 a bad toxxn Its got some good Jornts to relax rn and xou ean feed the dueks at the pond bx the old Xrt Museum Burldrng rn the Mauna Drstrret Those txxo xxas xxarderrng rround that plaee one ifternoon and thex xxalked rnsrde tl1e old bulldrng Thex had rt all frxed up xx rth tenms nets 1nd basketball 1nd xollexball eourts Fllex xx IS txxo fell1s pl rxrng tennrs and prettx soon thex took out therr hmdkereheefs and set doxxn to rest axxhrle 'Ihex let tl1e sorers plax xx1tl1 therr rrquets Rox l11dnt nexer plaxed before 1nd Rert onlx some ll Hrvh Qehool Thex drdnt x o o 1 sxxell tr rex Pexer pl 1xed 10a1n lox IL not sea slek on tl1e trmsrort but ert l xx IS Ols 1lter tl1e hrst e 1x out 'Nothrn 1 1 pened 511 tl1e trrp oxer It took e111 more n 1 month tu get there on 1eeou11t of the txxvstmg route re rt tae 1ex me on one 1 the Phrlrpprnes Q I K7 L 8 e x LU IL IIS t1e sme s tr e1111 1 e 11 111' wx 1 m1e 11ne vun e11 x e l fl IDN 1ut TTL U ION eu tl1e ll x un xx IS K 1 lin 3 l N LI ll x x 5 s x eelmes to xCl' 0 6 Bert xxas krlt just lrke that He drd rn sexen of them personallx trll thex got hrs leg and then hrs mrddle xxrth a baxonet XX hen the frghtrn had stopped there xxas hrs erg that he had lrghted 1, mrnutes before Thex xxas a lrttle stub gloxxrng bx hrs xxorn, drrt gun rest Rox, a top sarge and srx other guxs got axxax xxrth a maehrne gun and gobs of ammunrtron Thex took off rn to the jungle and xxatehed the aps all nrght The lrttle short legged guxs had barges and rafts eomrng rn all nrght Thex set up tanks and guns Txxo of the srx sojers xx as krlt trxrng to get through to the m11n forees lf xou re gonna dre for a LIUSL, xou dont aek lrke no bellx aehrng martxr lou re 1 mm gux You gotta maehrne gun 1nd xou got 1 good knoxx of the lay of the plaee The s1rge he managed to get msrde one a them lrttle 1p t1nks 'lhex xxas a man xxrth hrm Rox and another sojer hrd the gun The tvxo others thex swrped a eoupla rrfles It vxasnt so tough seerng as hoxx the rps drdnt knoxx thex vxas there The next nrght the aps nexer knoxx xxhat hrt m est after ehoxx thev xxas f-lgurrng to start toxxard the mrddle a the rs and All 1 onet hrs hog eall eome from the tunge A trnk come erashrn through Guns start from three srdes Them lrttle runnrn men xxent berserk You ll haf to hand rt to em though thex pulled therrselfs together purtx qurek Rrght axxax thex grabbed therr guns, got under coxer and gangs began to looked fer em Thex preked off the gux xxrth Rox Hrst Thex got the other txxo rrfles next Rox xxas uneommrssroned Hnallx It took one rn the leg and txxo rn the rrgs to lax hrm out He drdnt dre for four more hours He dragged hrsself off a lrttle to dre prrx ate Thex nexer drd get the sarge He beat em to the mam U S forces bx 1' mrnutes It ended rn one of them greatlx numbered but heroreallx and speedllx repulsed the enemx attaeks Rox heard 1ll the gorngs on He knexxed the vps ud lose the frght It xxasnt Dflflllfl to rt but make e1n see xou h 1d the upper llifld on em and thex xx as dead prgeons Them Ind therr xappln He laxd there and he thought about hrs home toxxn 1nd hrs 1111xx He drdnt xx mt for her to vrrexe lor hllll none He el lrxed 'No srttrn 1round rs d I7 rf ru bernv l thouuh of 1ll tl1f111 gurls he d seen on tl1e ro1d md the lrttle krds plrxlng rn the toxxns thex d passed He thou ht of Rert and 1ll tl1e do nothrng eamp shoxxs 1nel the useless shootrn med1ls He thot ght 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