“The Class the Stars Fell On,” West Point’s Class of 1915. May 3, 1915
Out of 164 graduates, 59 earned at least one star, the most of any class in the history of the US Military Academy.
Circled are the two 5 star generals, Dwight Eisenhower (left) and Omar Bradley (right).
Patton had already come and gone a few years before, had completed the pentathlon at the Olympics in 1912, and was getting ready to tangle with Pancho Villa.
ReplyDeleteThose boys worked like the dickens became real Men.
ReplyDelete30 years later Eisenhower & Bradley's second world war was over.
ReplyDeleteIt was a century of Central Banking, so therefore a century of permanent warfare. No shock on lots of generals. They put a central bank in place specifically to fund their endless wars.
ReplyDeleteWRT Central Banking, all the rulers of the world before central banking always seemed to find the money for their endless wars. Smedley Butler made a good point but it is one any old soldier can reasonably come to after a lifetime of war and fighting and finding out after 30 years of endless war that there is no end to war.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just me but having been a cadet at a military school for three years and
ReplyDeletethen a US Marine, you'd think that these boys would have lined up in nice straight lines and not look like a bunch of ragtag doggies.
Don't harsh on Army officers for living up to all expectations. :)
DeleteI’m a ‘94 grad. The woke was starting when I graduated 30 years ago. Recently, the official West Point Instagram page was celebrating Harvey Milk, an admitted pederast. I think it may be time to start over.
ReplyDeleteWWII was 25 years away so they would be in their late 30s - early 40s right when there would be a huge surge in manpower and need for general officers. Some of it would just be timing, not a real comment on quality.
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