US Naval Academy and Preparatory School - Cruise Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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FRADUATION DAY, May 27, 1948, was the J culmination of eight months of studying and hard work for us. The courses, under the able ' ' l' h l enabled instruction of the officers of t11S sc oo , us to prepare ourselves for the examinations. Because of this capable instruction, 70W of the men competing for fleet appointments passed the exam the highest percentage of men evei to do so before' When me marched out on the Held for the last time the tension of those long months had been released for me all knew the results of our labois Rear Admiral james L Holloway jr USN the Superintendent of the U S Naval Academy and guest speaker at our graduation exercises complimented us by saying we were the finest rou of oung men he had yet seen After the S P X presentation of the .diplomas by Rear .Admiral Holloway the special awards were given out and comniendations were presented by the Cap- tain to R. D. Fortmeyer, Staff Sgt. USMCQ F. C. Johnson, QM 2, USNQ W. M. Moore, Mu 3, USNQ and R. B. Schlosser, Sgt. USMC, for their outstanding work as leaders of various parts of the student battalion. W. B. Miles also received a comniendation from the Captain. He was presented with his commendation by his father, Capt M E Miles USN With the final award presented the entire student battalion passed in review lor the last time at this school So ended our Cruise at the United States Nax al School Academy and Col lege Pieparatoiy Before we shove off on our various courses to the lutuie me d like to extend our thanks to C iptfun O Donnell and ill the ofhceis who have sei ved under hun here lol Whether we con the help they have given us tinue on in the Navy or in civilian like we ll al ways be grateful to them for the fine prepara- tion they have given us here. THE CLAss of l948