Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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FOREWORD . HIS has been a unique year in V. M. I. history, a year in which the Institute has been profoundly influenced by the present world conflict. The reduction of the Corps to approximately two hundred fifty cadets, most of whom were Fourth Classmen, and the introduction of an Army Specialized Training Unit have necessarily altered many features of barracks life, and have produced conditions foreign to the V. M. I. of previous years. The principal aim of all of us, outside the war effort, has been to preserve as much as possible of the essential and time-tested character of the Institute. And so, in accordance with the tradition of the Bomb, which has pictured sixty consecutive years of life at V. M. I., we have determined to produce a war year volume which we hope will picture a V. ' SL. I. that, though changed in aspects, is not changed in spirit. Obvious reasons have limited our talent and space, and we have been prevented from issuing a book of the scope of those that have appeared in former years. We have, therefore, been compelled to satisfy ourselves with this smaller volume which we offer, in all modesty and sincerity, as The War Bomb of 1944. CONTENTS CLASSES THE CORPS ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS A. S. T. OUTRAGE

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ecUc tcoK This Sixty-First Volume of the Bomb is respectfully dedicated to the man who has done the most to preserve the traditions and uphold the standards of V. M. I.; to the officer whose outstanding record and brilliant achievements have been a constant inspiration; to a gentleman whose sincerity and firmness of purpose have won our undying admiration; to a real friend and a true Christian; to our Commanding Officer,

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Stonewall Jackson Guards Barracks