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In reply to the discussion: Meanwhile at West Point [View all]sarge43
(28,941 posts)52. If there is a double row of brass buttons on the jacket, it's his grad photo.
"....I wondered why?"
It isn't a shining moment. We were there to occupy the oil fields and to intimate the Middle East. Don't get into bed with the Axis.
Hard to craft an heroic narrative from "business as usual".
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The image is too flat. Look at how the bottom of lettering is on a perfectly flat line.
Alex4Martinez
Jun 2020
#9
It looks like a photoshopped image of Spenser Rapone, who graduated from USMA a couple of years ago.
COL Mustard
Jun 2020
#34
It may be photo shopped but it will appear in the 'real world' and available for sale ....
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2020
#14
It might be authentic. Many people say it's real. I think it's real. F@#k the Bunker Boy. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2020
#13
If so, then that fresh lieutenant just set himself up for a possible dismissal for cause
sarge43
Jun 2020
#27
So if you graduate from west point, you're automatically in the army? Aren't there some
BComplex
Jun 2020
#29
So are the graduates immediately members of the military? At graduation? Or do they have to
BComplex
Jun 2020
#32
One of many. His behavior gave me to believe that he expected his comment to be met with agreement.
mahina
Jun 2020
#45
I'd say something like Paint. Dreadful use of Photoshop if that was the SW used.
Pacifist Patriot
Jun 2020
#43
In 1936, my uncle graduated from West Point. It was during the depths of the Depression
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#49
I have this old black and white studio photo of him in his uniform (prolly graduation photo).
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#51
I got the feeling that he hated duty there. He wouldn't have called it a "s*hole" country but
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#53
During WWII and for many years after, an overseas tour was an enlightening moment for Americans.
sarge43
Jun 2020
#58
Well, the academies students were/are in a quasi military status. Not quite, but close enough.
sarge43
Jun 2020
#59
I wish I could somehow PM you the photo. It is definitely '30s vintage so whatever he was
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#60
I was fond of him because he stood for something decent and I just hated the racism and
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#62
That's the one. He is no longer in the Army. It's from about 2-3 years ago.
COL Mustard
Jun 2020
#35