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Friday, December 28, 2007

1943: CATHEDRAL H.S. GIRLS DONATE AN AVENGER!

NOW YOU KNOW WHY THEY WERE KNOWN AS "THE GREATEST GENERATION." IMAGINE RAISING ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS WAR BIRDS. NOT ONLY DID CATHEDRAL DO THE GRUMMAN AVENGER THING, THEY ALSO RAISED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY FOUR JEEPS FOR UNCLE SAM'S WWII FIGHTING MEN!
THE AVENGER WAS A TORPEDO BOMBER....I NEVER HEARD OF IT AS BEING USED AS A DIVE BOMBER, BUT HEY, WHAT DO I KNOW?

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