"The women were very important to your society," Galluccio said.
But the focus of the graduation ceremony--the high school's first in the 21st century--was veterans.
John J. DeLeo, who was supposed to graduate in 1944, said that his three brothers were already fighting in the war when he volunteered to go to the front.
"If you think I was going to stay home and wait for them, you're nuts," DeLeo said.
DeLeo said that he learned most of his information about the technical and strategic aspects of the war from the History Channel, not from his actual battle experiences.
"When I'm there, you don't know what the hell's going on," DeLeo said.
And after embracing fellow veteran Lafayette L. Bingham, Sr., Joyce emphasized that many did not survive the war.
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