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Three world war ii veterans, all best friends, graduated from high school on june th 71 years after being drafted to serve in the war. Thomas cummings, a world war ii veteran and blount county native who will receive a honorary high school diploma. Feb 17, 2020 a 99yearold weymouth man who left school in 1939 to work at the fore river shipyard was awarded his high school diploma in a special ceremony at his sons home. Enterprise and the first year of the war by eugene burns, hellcats. Six rules for teaching world war ii the washington post. Between 1941 and 1945, wwii touched and shaped every aspect of american life. Talma sadler, a 91yearold world war ii veteran, has received a priceless item hes waited nearly a lifetime for. A highstakes game of battleship helped turn the tide in world war.
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