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...I want a West Point football player.'' - General George C. Marshall.

West Point

OK, it's a bunch of old-time football players. So what.

That's the team from the United States Military Academy at West Point of 1912. Second from the left is Cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower and second from the right is Cadet Omar Bradley.

Date: 19 Mar 2009 03:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rickvs.livejournal.com
Those two were members of the 1915 "class the stars fell on", if memory serves.

(West Point is one of two colleges I applied to. In retrospect, I'm pretty glad I didn't make it in; I'm nearly certain I'd have washed out, thereby losing a scholarship at the University of Houston [my eventual alma mater]. At least I spent a pleasant week on campus, with a bunch of other West Point hopefuls. Never seen a more impressive campus, although Vanderbilt is a close second).

undoubtedly

Date: 19 Mar 2009 04:39 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redc1c4.livejournal.com
Patton was off playing polo.....

Re: undoubtedly

Date: 19 Mar 2009 11:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
Patton graduated in 1912, and was senior to both Eisenhower and Bradley until WWII. It's a credit to his professionalism that he accepted being leapfrogged so well.

as i said

Date: 20 Mar 2009 09:36 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redc1c4.livejournal.com
he was off playing polo....

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