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West Point Class of 1969

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Bob Jannarone

Colonel Robert N. Jannarone served five years on Active Duty, including a tour with the 65th Engineer Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division in Viet Nam.  He then served 28 more years in the Army Reserve, as a Military Academy Liaison Officer and with the Corps of Engineers, ending with duty as the Staff Engineer of the North Atlantic Division based in New York City.  He has an M.B.A. and a Professional Engineer License.

  • 10th Anniversary Sharing – Precious Recovery
     I’m very happy the class has thedaysforward.com.  When I had a stroke in July of 2013, I couldn’t read or write.  Public speaking was out of the question.  Now I can read well in public… Read more: 10th Anniversary Sharing – Precious Recovery
  • Trouser trouble
    For the eight years before entering USMA, I lived at West Point, most of the time in the Lusk housing area.  The night before I entered, I swam in Lusk Reservoir, like my older brother… Read more: Trouser trouble
  • Duty, Honor, Country – Through the Years with Coach K
    My first experience with Mike Krzyzewski was as a Company mate the first two years, before I was shuttled off to a new Company.  The first plebe year re-sectioning for English class was alphabetical by… Read more: Duty, Honor, Country – Through the Years with Coach K
  • 9-11 from the Hudson Valley – 2001
    by Bob Jannarone SEPTEMBER 11, 2001      We lived in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York in 2001.  We had retired over a year before from our jobs at West Point and were looking forward to our first… Read more: 9-11 from the Hudson Valley – 2001
  • Honor – Honesty – 1973
    by Bob Jannarone      While I may think I have always been scrupulously honest, I must admit that I have a mischievous streak in me. That might have come from a record my parents and… Read more: Honor – Honesty – 1973
  • Combat Related Special Compensation – 2021
         A number of my classmates and I have diseases related to exposure to Agent Orange* in Viet Nam.  I urge those who were wounded and those have those diseases to pay special attention, because… Read more: Combat Related Special Compensation – 2021
  • U.S. Military Academy Admissions Stories – 1976-2000
    One of the jobs I had in the Army Reserve was an Attachment to the United States Military Academy as a Military Academy Liaison Officer, in addition to being Assigned to the Army Corps of… Read more: U.S. Military Academy Admissions Stories – 1976-2000
  • Love at the Library – 1976
    After I left Army Active Duty in 1974, I worked for the DuPont Company in Rochester, NY for fifteen years, making silver halide-based photographic film.  There came a time when it was apparent to me… Read more: Love at the Library – 1976
  • Train Travel – 1994
    I like to travel by train rather than plane. Many times, my wife and I have gone to Florida on a train with a Deluxe Bedroom. At first, that accommodation had a VCR that offered… Read more: Train Travel – 1994
  • What West Point Means To Me – Bob Jannarone
    West Point is home to me. I was born there and spent fifteen of my first twenty-two years there. During childhood, I thought it was idyllic. Five other Army brats from my high school were… Read more: What West Point Means To Me – Bob Jannarone
  • The Days Forward Ft. Benning
    Defining Moment 1972
    by Bob Jannarone A defining moment of my life came while I was a Company Commander at Ft. Benning, GA, in 1972. After about four months in command, I looked around one day and decided… Read more: Defining Moment 1972
  • Engineer Company Fort Benning
    Court Martial – 1972
    When I was the Company Commander of an Engineer Company at Fort Benning, Georgia from January 1972 to March 1973, I had several drug pushers and other malcontents.  Once I was able to get rid… Read more: Court Martial – 1972
  • Fort Benning
    Pay Day – 1972
    Pay Day – 1972 One day when I was a Company Commander at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1972, I was assigned to be the Post Duty Officer. That meant that I had to stay up… Read more: Pay Day – 1972
  • The Swearing-In Ceremony – 1993
    After I completed the five year Active Duty obligation, I joined the Army Reserve.  I soon found out about the Military Academy Liaison Officer Program, run by the Admissions Office at West Point, a largely… Read more: The Swearing-In Ceremony – 1993
  • The Days Forward Jannarone
    Who, What or Where? – 1972
    My sister, Dotty, three years behind me in school, wound up being on two TV quiz shows, “Jeopardy” in 1970 and “Who, What, Or Where” in 1972.  I was instrumental in getting her to apply… Read more: Who, What or Where? – 1972
  • Bob Hope – 1970
    The kick-off for the Bob Hope USO tour in 1970 was at West Point on December 15.  Since my dad was the Dean of the Academic board, one of three generals on the post, my… Read more: Bob Hope – 1970
  • The First Jump – 1969
    The first place I went after West Point was Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia.  This was a three week course.  The first week was mostly the mechanics of something called “parachute landing falls” done… Read more: The First Jump – 1969

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