Von Steuben High School - Progress Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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,ll tl -. X ,jx , Q' 5,9 L tl 115 Q Y? frm. Y X A fm by Quik Ours is a War generation. Our high . school years have been War years. As M We enter young manhood and young womanhood each of us takes up his ' battle station behind the machine gun 07 or the plow, the Wheel of a ship or the stick of a plane, on the production line, ff f5w QW ob XB P6 0 in the classroom, or in the ranks of 5 7 those who guard the home front. It is l-,fr 1 N 0 X' not only our duty to our country that r C1 gives us theyw-111 to fight but the fact Q E Q that We are fighting for our future. So Q M, , GR , ip We go to battle strong in the faith that Q-' L' yl 4 X out of our agony will be born a new 'N J ,, 4 7 and better World. Already dur genera- u . A l I I I ' , tion has proved itself 1n battle: Colin aj y it Kelly and Sherman Levin arelioi us. In ta Yiy, M their spirit We fight for the country they f Q S t Y. . t . Ljtlit' s died to save and for the better- World ,XM N A they believed in but did not live to see. ll' I f H9 'flu Q,,,,g, ' .' y QA? ii -- -t ' - 2551! H if A it it fiffin , ' 'A' s i sf yn is 4 - Q' ' ff' fbqflgf. ' W' ' A i ' ' wg' w ' v ff swf Wit f etrat lin f 4' ' i -Qtr ,,.'f' V f WM if 4 t Y . ,,,,,,,4hj,,:.4Ax-,Ca-aft-.yryg

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