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Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do


USMA at West Point


We have changed the wording of our Alma Mater to reflect the fact that our Women Graduates have also given their lives serving this Nation.


----- Class of 2012 Motto ------

- "For More Than Ourselves" -Thank you Class of 2012 - for the Honor of Marching with you The Class of 62 - Can Do


Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First


Motto -- Duty Honor Country


The Cadets of West Point


They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most


Washington's Letter recommending the establishment of the Academy and the History of West Point


The Oaths We Take


West Points Medal of Honor Winners


Jefferson Hall - the Academy's new Library.


Douglas MacArthur

Vinegar Joe Stilwell cleaning his Thompson -The Walkout -Burma 1942

George Patton


The Monuments of West Point


Kosciuszko Monument - Guarding the Hudson ensuring there is no passage of British Man of War


Forts of the Hudson

So we'll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!


Academic Excellence


---- Colonel Thayer


West Point


Trophy Point


L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets


Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Superintendant was not Happy Black '57



Home of the Dean


Quarters 104

Cadet Chapel


Michie Stadium


Arvin Gym


Kimsey Athletic Center


Holleder Center


Washington Monument


United States Military Academy Band


Cadet Barracks


Rugby Complex


Great Chain


Plain looking toward Washington Hall


Battle Monument


Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.


Hudson River


Captured Trophies


Battle Monument


West Point Cemetery


Plain


Cost to this Nation of Differing Views


Trophy Point -- Our Flag


Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s


Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s


Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy


Army Mule


Color Guard


Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area


Battalion Mass Early 50's


Flirtation Walk



Arvin Gym


Duty Honor Country


Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do


Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

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Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

We have changed the wording of our Alma Mater to reflect the fact that our Women Graduates have also given their lives serving this Nation.

----- Class of 2012 Motto ----- "For More Than Ourselves" Thank you Class of 2012 for the Honor of Marching with you The Class of 62

---------- Class of 2008 --------- ----- Class Crest & Motto ----- "No Mission Too Great"

---- Their Commencement ---- "Here am I; Send me."

Thank you Class of 2008 and Please Thank the Men & Women --- the Soldiers you will lead --- The Class of 62.

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Jefferson Hall - the Academy's new Library.

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Arvin Gym

Duty Honor Country

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

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The '54 Crest

General MacArthur stated it would take

"at least 10 years"

to return Army Football to Respectability


28th Infantry Regiment
Black Lion Award is intended to go to the person on his team "who best exemplifies the character of Don Holleder: leadership, courage, devotion to duty, self-sacrifice, and - above all -

an unselfish concern for the team ahead of himself."

General George Patton

"The Army moves as a team, eats as a team, and fights as a team."


The '55 Crest











They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game.

They were the Team that Gave The Most


Don Hollender Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First


Vann and Holleder


9 Army A's


The '56 Crest


The '57 Crest










Can Do


Gen Van Fleet addressing the Corps prior to the Navy Game


Constructed under supervision of Jay Gould "54 and the Ord Dept from a German Rocket Gun captured at Kasserine Pass. First used in the Duke Game.


COL "Red" Reeder granted the Cheerleaders Corps Squad status to obtain financial support for their spirit-inducing initiatives.


Bob Mischak - - It should be pointed out that Bob was an All American selection, but is not recognized by the Academy as such because of the organization which selected him.









Ubel scores 3 Times against Navy - Vann's facking results in Peter getting tackled - #10 on the ground behind Ubel

Vann to Sisson

Army's B Squad

Vann to Mischak.

Uebel Intercepts

Cody to Don Holleder








Lasley
Frank Hicks
Burd
Bill Purdue
Cody
Meador Mgr

Ron Melnick






Ralph Chesnauskas
Pat Uebel

Tommy Bell

Sisson headed for another score

Peter Vann stuffs the ball in Jerry's gut

Leroy Lunn & Jerry Lodge

Uebel after taking the handoff from Hagan







Attaya - Army's Fullback

Sisson - one of 3 Great Ends

Bob Mischak

Ralph Chesnauskas

Bob Farris

Vann moving out of the pocket

Peter Vann 10, Billy Chance 38, Herdman 68







Ken Kramer
Joe Lapchick
Kirk Cockrell

Lodge going down tosses to Paul Schweikert for score.




Dick Zeigler
Bob Farris
Played the 2d half of the Navy Game blind in one eye.







Pat Uebel

Tommy Bell

Peter Vann
Freddie Attaya
Mike Zeigler
Jerry Lodge wearing #67, playing fullback.
Johnny Wing



Lowell Sisson

Norm Stephen
Jack Krause
Dick Ziegler
Jerry Lodge
Leroy Lunn






Norm Stephen
Jerry Lodge
Corps of Cadets for Navy Game

Can Do

General MacArthur stated it would take

"at least 10 years"

to return Army Football to Respectability

General George Patton

"The Army moves as a team, eats as a team, and fights as a team."

Don Hollender Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First








The '54 Crest

The '55 Crest

28th Infantry Regiment
Black Lion Award is intended to go to the person on his team "who best exemplifies the character of Don Holleder: leadership, courage, devotion to duty, self-sacrifice, and - above all -

an unselfish concern for the team ahead of himself."

They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game.

They were the Team that Gave The Most


The '56 Crest


The '57 Crest





Maggie Dixon

Maggie Dixon contributed much to West Point athletics By RUSTY WILKERSON -- Class of 62 Can Do

Back on March 14, I wrote about my quandary when the Army women were about to meet the Lady Vols in the NCAA tournament and what I predicted would happen. As one of my readers wrote, my forecast was right on target. Army got clobbered, both teams played with heart, and Candice Parker got not one dunk but two - and I watched the whole game from start to finish.

What I didn't foresee - and no one else did - was the sudden and unexpected death of Maggie Dixon, the Army coach, of a heart problem at 28.

I didn't know Dixon, but like a lot of other West Point grads I followed the whole, sad saga of her death as best as I could on the West Point Web site, ESPN, etc.

In these days death is a fact of life for the cadets and faculty at West Point. That same week a young captain (and pilot of an Apache gunship) was killed in Iraq.

Somehow though, Maggie Dixon's death was even more tragic, if that can be. After all, the military academy is in the business of training young men and women to lead our soldiers into harm's way. But a basketball coach - and one who wasn't much older than her players and in her first year as a head coach? It shows us how life can be totally unpredictable (and unfair).

The superintendent said she stood out as a leader in "a house of leaders" and that she left behind 20 more "Maggies.'' One of her favorite comments to her players was "Adversity, ladies, learn to deal with it.'' From their comments at her funeral and memorial services, she has made a lasting impression on all of them that they will carry for the rest of their lives - not a bad thing for someone starting a military career.

I would bet they'll be the team to beat in the Patriot League next year. Instead of winning one "for the Gipper,'' it'll be "win this one for Maggie.''

But why, other than the obvious sadness of a life cut so short, the major impact on the West Point community and, more to the point, someone like me, who is so far removed? I'm a little slow, but I finally figured it out.

Army, in the last 30 or 40 years has not been much of a "player" in the collegiate sports world as compared to the "days of old" as my kids call it. The days of the lonesome end, and Heisman award winners Dawkins, Davis and Blanchard are long gone. Most of the major stars in the world of college athletics probably couldn't make the grades to get in one of the service academies. Even if they could, they can't compete for the "big bucks" as a professional for five years after they graduate.

Then, not from the football field where one would expect - and seemingly out of the blue - comes a young, first-year head coach who brings, of all things, through the Army's women's basketball program at a predominantly male institution, excitement back into Army athletics, something no coach has been able to do in decades. (I read in one of the columns eulogizing her that she was "a Pat Summit in training.'' Her brother, Jamie Dixon, coach at Pitt, said after she was buried, "They'll never look at women the same way here.'' He may be right.

Maggie Dixon was buried in the West Point Cemetery with some familiar (and not too familiar) names: Gens. Winfield Scott, George Goethals (Panama Canal), Lucius Clay, George Custer, William Westmoreland, "Molly" Corbin ("Molly Pitcher" of Revolutionary War fame), Col. Ed White (astronaut), and a lot of others that most of us have never heard about (including one of my roommates).

Maggie Dixon's grave is next to Glenn Davis (of Davis and Blanchard fame) and Earl "Red" Blaik. Not bad company for a coach to spend eternity with!

Rusty Wilkerson is a Kingsport resident. E-mail him at wilkersonbr@earthlink.net. Article reprinted with permission from the Kingsport Times News, Kingsport, TN.