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Why we Fight


 * OPERATION RESTORE PRIDE**

Operation Restore Pride isn’t just an average every day school project. It isn’t done for some grade on a report card, it isn’t done just for the sake of passing a class. This project is done in order to return a photograph to a family who deserves it. This isn’t just any photograph, this is an image of American heroes, an image of freedom. This picture was obtained by our history teacher, Mr. Kurt Rowley. He found this photograph at an antique shop five years ago, was captivated and motivated to purchase it. The antique shop owner claimed to have found the photograph at a local yard sale, but exactly where this yard sale took place is unknown. The photograph is of a platoon of men who fought in World War II or Korea. These men who smiled brightly risked their lives for the civilians of the United States. They fought for the good of the world. There is no indication of names on the front of the photo, but on the back are countless names written in cursive, but no way to tell who was who. The point of Operation Restore Pride is to discover any descendants of these men, and once we do, return this photograph to its rightful owners. The process of this operation is being done by various students from Dirigo High School. Students have scanned the photo onto the computer in order to zoom in to the fine details. Students have been put into different groups for various reasons, including transcribing the names on the back onto a computer, discovering what types of uniforms they were wearing and what they meant, figuring out what the weapons were, and figuring out if there is anybody who might have known these men. Our hope is to restore pride in this photograph, and thereby honor those who served.