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

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First Class FIRST ROW: William Schiffer SECOND ROW: Richard Carter, Robert Pitulej, Jeffrey Stanclift, Brett Barraclough, David Thelen, Donald Smith, James Rogers, John Born, Richard Minicozzi, William Dougherty. THIRD ROW: Andreas Wolter, jeffrey Thramann, Stephen Moniz, Josef Spudich, Russell Bittle, Michael O'Dea. FOURTH ROW: Michael Arthur, Robert Pollard, Patrick Cusick. FIFTH ROW: Bryan Strong, Todd Dunlap, Matthew Cashin. sf sf. z 130 Corps A-3 Although we lack in numbers, the boys of A-3 make up for that in courage, youth and spirit. We journeyed together from our days at Buckner to our day in the sun, all the while living and learning together. We lost a few from our original ranks whom we are sure we shall never forget. We took TJ. and Bret under our shell and accepted them as one with us. We played hard and worked hard too. As the years swept by, we have grown closer together and accepted the bad and good in equal proportions. Firstie year offered us new challenges and the privileges earned for a job well done. We rose as a class to meet those challenges, and enjoyed the privileges while cementing the bonds of friendship. We became a family, not in the strict sense of the word, but in the spirit of those who have endured hardship together, strived together, encouraged each other and raised glasses to one another on those rare but precious moments of success. In the barracks, on the fields of friendly strife, on the way to and from class, at Ike and on leave, the Firstie Armadillos were there. In early youth, as we comtemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but the courage to live manfully.