Note from George
Lawton: You usually have five officers in each company (the
CO, XO, and three platoon leaders). The picture clearly shows only 4 officers.
According to the "Official Register of Officers and Cadets" For the
Academic Year Ending 4 June 1957 (our Cow Year), the following were Corporals:
Bujalski, Conrad, Day, Fay, Herren, Huff, Julian, Lawton & Palmer.
However,
according to this same document, both Conrad and Smith were discharged from the
Academy in January 1957 for deficiency in academics, so I'd say they could have
been in this picture. I there believe, the person I named as Smith in the picture
is probably Jim Waller.
Claradell notes: When I restored the left side of
the photo, I supplied that cadet with a tar bucket. Perhaps I should have placed
a Shakeo or plume on that person's hat. I noticed that all in the front row except
Wright were wearing plumes. Does that mean that Morgan's headgear should bear
a shakeo?
06/25/13: Note from Jack Bujalski:
G-2 Cow Class Photo in Full Dress Gray. Morgan's tar bucket should
indeed have a feathered plume on it. Note that all the cadets with sabers have
the feathered plume on on their tar bucket, which means they were officers. Those
with white straps over both shoulders were not officers and had the standard tar
bucket plume. The only time this could have happened is in the Fall when the Firsties
were all at the Army-Michigan football game. With respect to George Lawton's comment
that a company only had 5 officers, I cannot contradict him. However, cadets that
served on battalion or higher staffs returned to their company for class photos
when they were taken.
Note: 06/25/13:
I put a plume on Morgan's tar bucket. Claradell
|  |
| Starting
first row, bottom left |
| 1st Row |
Morgan HW, Palmer JL; Bujalski JP, Fay LG, Wright FM, Lawton GC,
Shedd HL, Day WD, Julian RH | | 2nd
Row | Eveleth BP, Easley FO, Tierney
RE, Smith CR or Waller JE?, Weiss WA | | 3rd
Row | Forman TA, Herren JD, Depew
DE, Shunk P, Loughborough DS, Eliot BF | | Absent | Donovan,
Huff, McCauley, Pointer, Waller | |
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