United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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The Only Way To Describe Our Own Bob Hope Show: Hilarious Everybody likes to watch Bob Hope Shows on TV but few have had the opportunity to actually see one in the making. As yearlings, we were lucky enough to spend an enjoyable eight hours watching the show live while it was being taped for a later broadcasting date. Remember all the hooting and hol- lering when Brooke Shields came out on stage dressed in a (little) Indi- an costume? The raucous behavior subsided somewhat when it was learned later in the show that she was only celebrating her 15th birth- day! No offense to the women at West Point, but no prettier pair of cadets have ever been in uniform than Brooke and Marie Osmond. And of course, no one was funnier than Bob Hope with P.J. ' s and Ted- dy Bear. Cadets got on stage, too. Remember the opening scene where Bob Hope rappelled out of the Blackhawk heli- copter (and he ' s not even Air As- sault!) and the Rabble Rousers ac- companied him onto the stage. Soon afterward Marie Osmond and a lucky group of cadets did a dance routine — the men in gray weren ' t the best dancers but did prove that they could keep in step with the beat of the music. Then there was the gallant cadet who leaped on stage during the final ballroom scene and rescued a partnerless Brooke Shields. Sugar Ray Leonard, Bob Ulrich, Glen Campbell, and Bob ' s wife rounded out the star-studded cast. Remember how many times it took to shoot the South Pacific Island scene when Bob ' s wig kept falling in his face?! And when he fmally did get it straight, his coconuts kept fall- ing down! We all enjoyed Bob Hope ' s one liners but his jokes in be- ,tween takes were the best. Well, another day we may get the chance to see another Bob Hope Show but this show will remain a special one. As Bob Hope said in closing, Thanks for the memories.

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Second Class Year We Donned The Brass Cow year began for us at diverse training sites. Certain exceptions to the typical combination to summer training faced those individuals for- tunate enough to be selected for a foreign exchange assignment to such places as Garmisch, France, Australia, Africa, and several South American countries. The other cate- gory of exceptions consisted of ap- proximately 75 of our classmates who really lucked out and not only served in a leadership detail 1 sum- mer but 2 summer as well (such as a Beast squad leader position where the opportunity existed for building more character!) We were also afforded an opportuni- ty for training at several military schools. There was airborne for those who liked adventure in the sky; air as sault for those who en- joyed rappelling; jungle warfare for those who didn ' t mind very hot weather and lots of insects; northern warfare for people who felt like climbing glaciers; SERE for those who felt the need to experience be- ing treated as a POW; flight school for would-be aviators; and finally the newest addition to schools- SEAL-for five highly qualified SCU- BA divers who wished to subject their bodies to very rigorous train- ing with the professional SEALs of the Navy. All in all. Second Class summer had an awful lot to offer each and every one of us. Upon com- pletion, we felt ready to return to West Point as Second Classmen and begin our next-to-last year. The academic year was challenging once again but at least we were starting to get more into our elec- tives and our pull-out factor was also much better. Being a squad leader or perhaps as- sistant first sergeant (striper pup) were other aspects of Cow year that taught us quite a bit. It was a year filled with anticipation and of what job would we get during the sum- mer; what stone should we put in our rings; what kind of car should we get and with what options . . . .500th Night came and went and be- fore we knew it shadow detail ar- rived and then the big day when we donned the black brass! 421 Z tt .-4