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

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gO%EWO%D EARLY in the Revolutionary War, General Wash- ington perceived the desperate need in his forces for trained officers. As President of the United States he recommended the founding of a training school for prospective officers. From that time down to the present, the Military Academy has played an impor- tant part in all our wars. Thehistory of its graduates has been the history of the Army. The traditions of West Point and the spirit which it instills into those it trains have been carried to every frontier post and to every battlefield of the American Army. To carry on those traditions and to maintain this spirit is the duty and the privilege of the graduates of this year and of the years to come. This book is the record of the first four years of the history of the Class of 1918 as members of the Army. It is our hope that, when the class has become scattered throughout the Army, the book will serve as a reminder of the four years spent here together and of the traditions that must be upheld if the Spirit of West Point is to endure.

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WE DEDICATE THIS HOWITZER TO OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THEIR SACRIFICES AND LOVE THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT

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CALVIN C COOLIDGE THIRTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Commander in Chief of the Army I