Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK, which to us represents o year of our lives, to every son ond every daughter who is fighting that there may be other years, such as this, to record. Whether it be o privote on K. P duty or a colonel with o dozen medols, whether it be a WAAC ot o typewriter or o pilot ot L; the controls of a bomber—we recognize the share of everyone in this war And SO, in ' appreciation, we or the Homefront poy this • homage to those on the Bottlefrcnt. -

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PERU PROUDLY PRESENTS Peru proudly presents her Role of Honor of the young men who were enrolled on or offer December 7, 1941, and who ore now octively serving in the Armed Forces of our country We feel that it is only fitting that we should remember them, for hod it not been for the war, they might still hove been here They would hove hod cokes ot the Will Store or sat in class with us. But duty came first and they went. W« know that wherever they are or whatever they ore doing, they ore corrying on the spirit of Peru. We know thot even os they carried on the principles and traditions of their Alma Mater, so they will carry on the traditions ond principles of the Service and their country. Included in this Roll of Honor are those members of our faculty who are on leave of absence and ore serving in some military capacity. We feel honored to be able to pay such small tribute by writing these names here. We realize that some of the nomes may hove been omitted where boys left without notice or failed to keep in contact with the school, However, the staff bos tried to credit only where credit was due and begs forgiveness if, in the routine checking, an error hos been mode ★ ★ ★ ★ t !