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The summer before the start of Plebe year has two very significant formations - The Oath Taking on R-Day (Reporting) when the class members become "New Cadets", and the Parade on A-Day (Acceptance) when the class members become Plebes and are accepted into the United States Corps of Cadets. Here the top picture is R-Day "Formed to take the oath" and the bottom picture is A-Day "We are presented to the Corrps". For his Plebe year Ernie was in "C" Company. If one assumes that the Cadet Basic Training company organization that year reflected the Corps company organization, Ernie is either one of the cadets in the top picture, or is just out of the image on the right. He would have been in the distance in the lower picture, in the third company from the end of the formation Historical Note: The statue of George Washington, which by Ernie's death in 2006 had been moved to The Plain in front of Washington Hall can be seen in the background of the top R-Day photograph. It was displayed on Trophy Point while Ernie was at West Point.
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Image DescriptionThe summer before the start of Plebe year has two very significant formations - The Oath Taking on R-Day (Reporting) when the class members become "New Cadets", and the Parade on A-Day (Acceptance) when the class members become Plebes and are accepted into the United States Corps of Cadets. Here the top picture is R-Day "Formed to take the oath" and the bottom picture is A-Day "We are presented to the Corrps". For his Plebe year Ernie was in "C" Company. If one assumes that the Cadet Basic Training company organization that year reflected the Corps company organization, Ernie is either one of the cadets in the top picture, or is just out of the image on the right. He would have been in the distance in the lower picture, in the third company from the end of the formation Historical Note: The statue of George Washington, which by Ernie's death in 2006 had been moved to The Plain in front of Washington Hall can be seen in the background of the top R-Day photograph. It was displayed on Trophy Point while Ernie was at West Point.