On 12 October 1968, a Saturday, Army hosted Cal-Berkeley at West Point. Rain and cold had cancelled the regular Saturday morning full-dress parade on the Plain. The weather was not what the favored Cal team (ranked 16th) was accustomed to. For some reason that I’ve forgotten, I was invited to …
By Jim Russell
Class Rank Matters – 1975
Jim Bachta was our perennial Brigade Boxing Champ at 132 lbs1. He graduated 189th in our class. I was 35 files behind him at 224.2 We both branched Armor. Luck of the draw moved us nearly simultaneously from the Armor Officer Basic course to Airborne School (where we shared an apartment …
Thoughts On The Long Gray Line – 2019
Editor’s note: Every five years, the Class of 1969 meets for a reunion. At each reunion, a memorial service is held to commemorate the lives of those classmates who have died. It is a solemn yet beautiful occasion that reminds all that these men who once shared the classrooms and fields of West …