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...went to Oak-cliff High School (now Adamson High), made a name as a varsity football tackle, a member of the debating team (noted victory: in favor of capital punishment), a devotee of the history of Britain's Royal Navy, but also as an almost fanatic would-be cadet at West Point. Outcome: no vacancy at West Point, but a vacancy, and a triumphal breasting of the entrance examinations, to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Jim Holloway entered Annapolis in 1915, graduated in June 1918 in the accelerated World War I class of 1919, but only 14gth...
...Known as a leading anti-British cadet at Cairo's Royal Military Academy, Nasser graduated as a second lieutenant and was sent to command a platoon at a post up the Nile. It was the year of Munich, the year of Arab-Jewish rioting in Palestine, of U.S. company oil discoveries in Saudi Arabia...
Astor to Oscilloscope. New York's modernized old (1904) Astor Hotel reminded Old Soldier Eisenhower of more leisurely times. "During my cadet days at West Point," he told New York Promoter William Zeckendorf. "I stayed at the Astor when I was in the city, but I did not get a bill until after I was graduated, and the management gave me 25% off." Soon the Columbine lifted him back to Washington and more technological advance. He headed a Cadillac cavalcade out to inaugurate the National Broadcasting Co.'s new Washington color-TV studios. Staring at winking oscilloscopes...
...following awards will be presented: the Air Force Association Medal to Cadet Colonel Peter A. A. Berle '58; the Association of the United States Army medal to Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Michael A. Boyd '58; the United States Marine Corps Gazette Award to Midshipman Ensign George H. Douse '58; the medals of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to Cadet Lieutenant (USAF) John C. Rich, Jr. '59, Cadet Major (USA) Harold D. Gould, Jr. 3L, and Midshipmen Chief Petty Officer Charles E. Rossi '58; and the Reserve Officers Association medals to Cadet Captain (USAF) Bradshaw Langmaid...
Only in the high jump could the varsity place or show, as Hal Keohane and Bob Downs tied Cadet Bill Fay at 6 feet. Also placing for the varsity were Al Gordon, second in the 440 with an astonishing 48.4; Art Cahn, second in a shade under two minutes for the half; John DuMoulin and Jim Doty, second and third to Ed Lagdonas in the hammer; and Hank Abbott, a surprising second in the shot...