Washington High School - Anvil Yearbook (East Chicago, IN)

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llll On all fronts of thus war torn world of tooay many mothers scns are flghtung rrghtlng the wrongs with thelr luves their swewt blcol and tears guv rg tre r lrves that we may luve Or crwwl ng on hands and knees nnchlng along through the forb dden no mans land struggllng for every foot of orcunfl ga ned Fight ng an torn uniforms In heat and rw n w nfl nd storm :ce and snow surrounded by hardship nd discomfort Us ng the tactics of sea warfare on submarxnes cruxsers des r vers nd battleshrps tke 'lepth bomb the torpedo the cannon and slmxlar weapons of battle ln the a r clodo r-g the enemy ln the sky skrmmrng over cf d structfcn on oblectrves below G no w trout sleep for many loours summoned to :mme d wte duty it all and anv hours of the day and nloht Sle o no wlaen anfl wherever sslble ln a swaying hammock clcs bunk a foxhole a trench or an tlne back seat of a frohter plane returnlng from an expeflltuon Llvlng In terror of the s reamvng shrlek of the bomb of struoglrng for a lrfe b at after the gurgl no solash of sea rushes n hera'ded by the ominous shock of the treacherous torpedo While on the home front all are makung the wheels of rn dustry whnrl Day and night men and women working nn the defense rndustrues lengtlnen the already long l'ne of war Implements They tend wlth care plot aftere plot and lot after lot thelr victory garden projects We of the Senior Anvnl dedicate his book to all the flghters on the hom front and the battle front X943 . g , , , N . . I . . . . . I Q I c , ' 5 , A ' ' ' . 1 C , Y 1 - I I ' ll I I? ' J K X I g A , i . . I . CE ,, ' c a. , ' , . a A . . ' -A 1 l f' L- fx -N ' n of X c- 'Q X ' , , the hldeous cackle of anti-aircraft guns, letting loose a cargo es Q ' ' . . of fi ' , I ' f :C c . I ' V. I, , fee' I . - - DO ' , ' ' . Q . I I I I ' . 'X C A . . . F . 5 l . I I A ' I I . ' l 7 l , , , . . 5 . 1 1 l ' I IN