CHS Class of 1945

Members of the Class of 1945

July 3, 2010 - There is a city-wide high school reunion planned for October 1, 2010 for all classes of Dale County High School of Ozark, D.A. Smith High School, Ozark High School and Carroll High School. For details click on this link.

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Mildred "Brodgen" Hawkins (07/17/10 - Mildred, please e-mail me your correct e-mail address. This address is invalid.)

Earl Hutto

Here's what was happening in the community, the school, and the world when this class was setting off on their future endeavors.

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Class of 1945 at 1970 Homecoming

National Events

President Franklin Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.

U.S. troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.

The Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.

Allied forces landed in southern France.

U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen.

The U.S. 5th Army began liberating Rome.

"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" made its debut on CBS Radio.

President Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights.

Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy France, in the D-Day invasion of Europe.

American forces secured Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.

American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan during World War II. Meanwhile, B-29 Superfortresses made their first raids on Japan.

U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time, near Trier.

Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

Romania declared war on Germany.

Milton Berle made his debut as permanent host of "The Texaco Star Theater' on NBC-TV

President Truman was nominated for another term by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

President Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic convention in Chicago.

15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.

U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Japan.

U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag.

The Pacific island of Iwo Jima was declared secured by the Allies.

A midnight curfew on night clubs, bars and other places of entertainment was set to go into effect across the nation.

American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War II.

World Events

Nazi troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed.

Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.

Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joined the United Nations.

About 800 people were killed when kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan; the ship, however, was saved.

Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree," ordering the
destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.

The Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.

An attempt by German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed when the bomb planted at the Nazi leader's Rastenburg headquarters only wounded him.

Guest Book Entries

Name:: Earl Hutto
Class_of:: 1945
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Date:: 22 Jun 2004

Comments

The class of '45 of course graduated from Dale County High School, Ozark, before it became Carroll High. I was actually drafted into the Navy at the beginning of the school year and finished my course work by correspondence so that my parents could receive my diploma at graduation time. My wife, Nancy, and I live in Pensacola and would be pleased to hear from classmates or others.

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