Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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lost his life as a result of a crash when a transport CGFSO plane landed or a fog-obsecured base in California. Later, came the news of the death of Fred Hanny, a 1940 graduate, from wounds received during the invasion of the Japanese- held island of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific, and of Robert McCune, '41, whose plane fell victim to an enemy attack while over Germany territoryl Closer still came the war,- especially to the graduating class of '45, when Duane Irwins their classmate, sacrificed his life when the aircraft carrier, Franklin, was damaged by an enemy bomb. We waited anxiously for news of all Port Byron boys in service from the classes of '23, '24, '27, '28, '30, '31, '33 and so on to '44, The Honor Roll in the Globe Office window grew longer and longer, V-mail sent to far-flung corners of the globe grew heavier and heavier. An air of dread expect- ancy hung over our village. Mothers' hearts lost their lightness, and eyes grew din with tears they were too brave o shed. Such was our heritage as high school students--the aw- ful carnage of war from December, l94l, to August, '45. But on that day, the joyful news of the cessation of warfare was flashed by radio and press around the globe. Guns were silenced, and the four-year struggle with all its death and destruction, worry and heartache was at an end. The war was over. Peace once more reigned upon the earth. , In a spirit of gratitude to all those who made possible this Era upon which, we, as graduates of the class of '46, are about to embark, reverently dedicate this fifth issue of our Year Book. YOU sacrificed your own personal ambitions to fight against the greed of our enemies--greed which, had it not been for YOU, might have enslaved the world. YOU answered the call of your country that we night never feel' the tyrant's heel. YOU fought to preserve this precious freedom which is our birth right and yours. YOU fought not only for us but for generations to come---that they, too, might tread the HPath of Peacen. To you we dedicate this Book. --TFE ECHO STAFF--

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