World War II
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In responce to one hundred letters sent out by the Campus
Staff, numerous replies were received. Here are some of the
letters received from the former P.J.C. students while in
service. Letters from Servicemen
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U.S.S. England
Two U.S. Navy Vessels were named after Ensign John Charles
England, a former PJC cheerleader, who gave his life attempting
to save men trapped below on the USS Oklahoma, during the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In 1943 a record-breaking
destroyer escort was named in his honor; DE-635, followed
in 1963 by a second USS
England, the powerful guided missle frigate; DLG-22 /
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The War
Memorial Court has been erected as a tribute to those
students of Pasadena City College who lost their lives in
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Pasadena Junior College War Council sponsored many drives
and made contributions to the Red Cross and the United China
Relief. $325,000.00 in war bonds were sold in P.J.C.'s name,
which bought a P-61 fighter plane, named the "Fighting
Bulldog". Large sums were collected for the War Chest
and the World Student Service Fund. Students recruited blood
donors, sent gifts, packed dressings. P.J.C. picked 16,382
boxes of oranges, cut and processed spinach, dug and sacked
over 3,753 sacks of potatoes, helped save crops of apricots
which they later cut and dried, harvested lima beans, and
took part in berry harvesting. [full
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