Jan43 Company D-1 B150I album

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This is the January 1943 Howitzer portrait of D-1 Company. The associated text reads: "A new company, born from the strength and tradition of pre-war C Company, D-11 symbolizes the spirit of the Corps - Duty, Honor, Country. Through the earnest efforts of her upper classes and the cooperation of her fourth class, the spirit of old C Company - to be the best company in the Corps - permeates the ranks. Though we always missed those men who earned their wings at schools far away, the war could not break our solidarity. Spoken of as 'hard,' yet spoken of with respect, we won our share of glory and drill streamers, faced our troubles, and had our fun. Representing ourselves as middle-of-the-road cadets we easily if into the system that is the Corps of Cadets and feel justly proud of our determination to carry into the service with us the principles and ideals of West Point" The US entry into World War II caused several changes at West Point. Beginning with the 1942-43 school year the time to graduation was shortened and the enrollment was increased. The old company "C" was split into two companies, with half going to form the upper class for a new D-1 company. The January 1943 class graduated spent only 6 months as Firsties and graduated after 3 1/2 years. Ernie can be seen on the second row, second cadet from the right underneath his enlarged image insert. There are 136 cadets in this portrait. The company had only 13 Firsties and 27 Cows.

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Exif Image Width		1333 pixels
Exif Image Height		1041 pixels
Color Space		Undefined
Compression		JPEG (old-style)
Artist		January 43 Howitzer
Image Description		This is the January 1943 Howitzer portrait of D-1 Company. The associated text reads: "A new company, born from the strength and tradition of pre-war C Company, D-11 symbolizes the spirit of the Corps - Duty, Honor, Country. Through the earnest efforts of her upper classes and the cooperation of her fourth class, the spirit of old C Company - to be the best company in the Corps - permeates the ranks. Though we always missed those men who earned their wings at schools far away, the war could not break our solidarity. Spoken of as 'hard,' yet spoken of with respect, we won our share of glory and drill streamers, faced our troubles, and had our fun. Representing ourselves as middle-of-the-road cadets we easily if into the system that is the Corps of Cadets and feel justly proud of our determination to carry into the service with us the principles and ideals of West Point" The US entry into World War II caused several changes at West Point. Beginning with the 1942-43 school year the time to graduation was shortened and the enrollment was increased. The old company "C" was split into two companies, with half going to form the upper class for a new D-1 company. The January 1943 class graduated spent only 6 months as Firsties and graduated after 3 1/2 years. Ernie can be seen on the second row, second cadet from the right underneath his enlarged image insert. There are 136 cadets in this portrait. The company had only 13 Firsties and 27 Cows.