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06/06/08
- NNHS Newsletter D-Day Plus 64 Years |
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"In all of the far-flung operations of our own Armed Forces the toughest job
has been performed by the average, easy-going, hard-fighting young American who carries the weight of battle on his own young shoulders. It is to him that we and all future generations of Americans must pay grateful tribute." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt (30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945) |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
History buffs that we are here, we try to observe this day every year - and then some:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/D-Day.html
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat/daddysddayletter.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-06-04-NNHS-D-Day-Plus-60-Years-Time-Mourn.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-06-06-NNHS-D-Day-Plus-62-Years.html - (1.0 mb MP3 file version of the D-Day Theme from "Victory at Sea")
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-06-06-NNHS-D-Day-Plus-62-Years-regular.html - (regular version)
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-06-07-NNHS-D-Day-Plus-63-Years.html - (1.0 mb MP3 file version of the D-Day Theme from "Victory at Sea")
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-06-07-NNHS-D-Day-Plus-63-Years-regular.html - (regular version)
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7UQOtU - The invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 - footage from The History Channel
BONUS #2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qeCNg8fO0 - ten minute
documentary made for eighth grade school project -
extraordinarily well done (plus
you can catch a glimpse of
my daddy, the late
Robert Buckley (John Marshall HS - '25)
just before the end)!
BONUS #3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sJqEccwliQ - My Chemical Romance
- The Ghost Of You - for all you "young 'uns" - especially my baby
girl,
Adrienne
Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL / American School, IL) of NC)
HOMEWORK - the above three videos plus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Normandy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/
EXTRA CREDIT:
From Fred Field ('45) of CA - ummm, long, long ago - "D-DAY
AT NNHS":
D-DAY AT NNHS
by
Fred W. Field
Class of June 1945
Beginning in late May of 1944 we students had been told and reminded that we would have a special assembly when the invasion of Europe began. As the calendar crept into June we began to wonder if the event would happen before Friday the ninth - the day school closed for the summer.
We had a lot to think about in that early June of 1944. My own class was just finishing the junior year. For most juniors, the end of the semester would be a determining point for whether or not our earned credits by the following June would likely add up to the minimum required for graduation. A few classmates had already made the decision to stretch out the graduation date for at least an extra semester (an ambitious athletic department head helped nurture that idea).
Many of us pondered the chances of the war lasting long enough for our age group to be swept into the military. At June 1944 most boys in my class were within plus or minus a few months from a sixteenth birthday. The draft boards were already grabbing fresh eighteen-year-olds. We had known seniors who had fallen behind in the education time track and were drafted right out of school - some of them only a month before graduation. For my contemporaries the time-to-uniform seemed already stamped into our destiny.
Those who had plans for college knew that the institutions were crowded with military programs and that entrance immediately after high school might be difficult. The draft board would certainly be watching with interest.
Others just thought about their forthcoming summer employment - which for most of the boys meant a job in the shipyard. There would be a long, long six-day week and while the pay would seem great, the work would be weary and dirty.
A few of us had signed up for summer jobs as waiters at the Orkney Springs Hotel - an upscale resort in the mountains close to the West Virginia Border. We had no idea what an adventure that would turn out to be.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 6th we woke up to radio reports that the invasion had begun. Landings had started just before daybreak on the English Channel beaches of France, the time there being about nine hours prior to our waking up in Virginia. Conversation was quiet on the bus trip to school. There wasn't a lot to say. Most of us were aware of the dangers of that invasion and how disastrous failure could be.
Not long after we were settled in our classrooms the summons came for the special assembly. About an hour later we filed into the auditorium and quietly took our seats. This was certainly not to be a pep rally. No band playing this time. No bouncy cheerleaders hyping up our spirits. Not even any of the usual applause for the self conscious student helper who dragged the microphone onto the stage and tested the PA system.
As was traditionally the case in our assemblies, some opening remarks were made by Dean of Girls Ethel Gildersleeve. She then very quickly introduced our Principal, Lamar R. Stanley.
Principal Stanley was always a rather serious person but on this day he made a particularly solemn speech about the significance of what was happening on the beaches of Normandy. He reminded us of the price paid by those recent schoolmates already lost in action in many places around the world. All of us had known some of them personally.
In retrospect I think that in his speech our Principal intended a strong message that we must be prepared for the list of the fallen to suddenly grow. There was a brief interlude for a prayer by a local minister. Then after a few closing words from Principal Stanley our special assembly for D-Day was concluded.
Thank you again - so very much, Fred! You can't
know how much I appreciate having you with us to share these precious
memories!
BIRTHDAYS
- TODAY AND UPCOMING:
Happy Birthday today to
Robert Hemintoller ('57) AND Bertha Smith Zacharias ('57)!
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to
Fred Field ('45) of CA
AND
Al Simms
('60) of VA
AND Donnie Morris ('67) of VA;
Happy Birthday this week to:
10 -
Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN;
12 - Cynthia Clontz Mears ('57) AND
My #3 Son, Randolph
Harty
(Hillsboro HS, IL
- '92) of IL!
Many Happy
Returns,
One and All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
HEALTH UPDATES:
From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 06/05/08 - "Ouch - tooth ordeal":
YOWZERONI-RINI!
I'm so sorry, Shari; we'll keep
you in our prayers!
Thanks, Evelyn, it's
always helpful when the wheel doesn't need to be reinvented each time!
Fred, of course, has graciously brought his
collection to several of the reunions in recent years, but if ya'll were pleased
with your other support people, then we are certainly pleased to advertise their
services on the site:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html
Thank you again, Ev!
I know I would enjoy that, as always!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-30-06-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-29-07-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
WOWZERONI-YOWZERONI!
Thanks so much, Ann!
I really appreciate your taking the
time to transcribe that!
I hope you type faster and better
than I do, because I tried that once years ago, and it took me quite a while. I
already have it posted here, but thank you so much; I'm sure that there are many
who have not read it, and it's always good to reflect:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/nnhs.html
Tell
your brother he's a sweetie for sending you that treasure!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 06/05/08:
Dear Carol,
Ok, now I remember Marie (Suttle) was my teacher. I surely would like to
see her again.
Answering to
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Thanks, Norris!
Isn't it fun when we can all help one another solve such mysteries - and relive
such memories?!?
Maybe so, Sydney -
thanks!
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1.
Jerry Allen ('65) of VA -
began radiation for cancer
last week of February; it was delayed when he was diagnosed with pneumonia on
02/20/08;
update of 03/11/08: recovered from
pneumonia, is in his third week of radiation, and seems to be doing well. He is
back at work and comes home tired, but overall, he is in pretty good shape;
update of 03/24/08: last radiation
treatment was Friday; "looking good and feeling pretty good except for very
irritated skin and fatigue";
update of 04/05/08:
"getting better each day";
update
of 04/14/08: "now dealing with a blood clot in his pic line; receiving daily
injections in the abdomen and taking antibiotics and blood thinners; feels
pretty good in spite of everything and his ATTITUDE is great---as usual";
update of
update
of 04/24/08: "no longer taking daily
abdominal injections for blood clot that developed a few weeks ago; everything
is looking pretty good. The PET scan will be in the next few weeks. We are
expecting good results."
update
of 05/05/08 - "scheduled for two more chemo visits; will have the first chemo on
Thursday, May 8th followed up by an injection on Friday to boost his immune
system";
update of
05/08/08 - "did pretty well with the
chemo today in spite of the risky business with the procedure without the pic
line that was removed due to a clot";
update of 05/28/08: has chemo again
on 05/29/08
2.
Connie
Bloxom Thompson
2237 Hunter Chase
Bel Air, MD
21015
3. Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07
4.
My Niece
Shari of VA - 05/26/08 - dangerous abscess in mouth;
update of 06/06/08 -
back right upper tooth has to be cut out on 06/09/08, as it dangerously impacted
5
.6
. Emily (daughter of7
. My second granddaughter,9
. Bobby Hedrick ('58) of VA - recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; update of 03/22/08: "doing very well, no pain, just some soreness"; update of 05/10/08: "continues to do well since the surgery for pancreatic cancer and will now begin the follow-up treatment to be decided upon following the consultation and evaluation at MD Anderson (Houston)."10.
11. Pam Pennington Cherry ('58) of VA - congestive heart failure; cardiac ablation procedure - 02/06/08; second surgery on 02/20/08 for aneurysm; update of 03/17/08 - still experiencing difficulty with heart racing, breathing and pressure in her chest; pray that cardiac ablation procedure will not have to be repeated, and that Pam can learn to REST!; update of 05/04/08 - "in about eight months she will indeed have to have the ablation process repeated. "
12. Tommy Scott ('61) of VA - update of 04/14/08 - "at home recuperating"; update of 05/22/08 - "still at home recuperating"
13. Jenny Willett Wilson (daughter of the late
Edie Hallett Willett - '63) of VA - 05/05/08 - "underwent a double mastectomy
in 2007, has just completed vigorous chemo and is now undergoing radiation
treatments every day for seven weeks"
14. All of Us
DATES
TO
REMEMBER:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1957.html
2. Saturday, June 7, 2008 -
NNHS CLASS OF 1961:Mini reunion at the home of
Buddy and
Libby Blechman David of VA
3. Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2008 -
NNHS CLASSES OF FEBRUARY AND JUNE 1948:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
4. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26 - 28, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1968
:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1968.html - 03/31/08
5. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008
- NNHS CLASS OF 1963:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html - 03/26/08
Remember, there's so much more to come - soon - REALLY-REALLY!
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
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Carol Buckley
Harty 219 Four Ply Lane Fayetteville, NC 29311-9305 910-488-9408 |
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"Hymn to the Fallen" theme from "Saving Private Ryan"
- Composed by John Williams
"Hymn
to the Fallen" theme from "Saving Private Ryan" courtesy
of
http://victoryatseaonline.com/war/saving.html at the suggestion
of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 05/24/06
Thank you, Dave!
First D-Day Image courtesy of http://mccarthy.vg/ - 05/26/06
Second D-Day Image courtesy of http://www.openfire.us/blog/archives/2005/06/index.php - 05/26/06
Woodland Camouflage Background (also used to form Divider Lines) courtesy of http://www.bayonet.net/clip_art/misc.html - 05/26/06
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05
Thanks, Cheryl!
Animated Army Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
American School Logo courtesy of http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/grads.asp - 09/05/06
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines
who served in the South Pacific
during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.cyberteddy.freeservers.com/milgraphics.htm - 03/24/03