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In my room an and " almost memorize memo- memo memorize memo"rizo memorizo - " rize the lessons especially every very old oldWest oldWest oldWest West Point examination a aa as . far tar baclas back bacl backas backas as 1B20 1920 The atudy Itudy study bore fruit . . 1 1kept 1 1kept Ikept kept a at t the top of at the class clalS and h hMarch In InMarch inMarch March took the dreaded examina examlna- examlna examinee examlnaon examineelion examination - tion lion on lionOne ' , One day some om weeks after the theumllal theannual theannual umllal annual competition for tor entrance entrancefrom entranceIrons entrancerom from Irons fromIe ( \Ie Ie the \ ! th Regular ResuIar Army . , I waa was walk- walk walkIni walk.Ing walkIng . . - Ini ing guard duty 1 I was called caUed from fromPost fromPost fromPost Post Number One , . , around atound the theguard : guard uard house I had Just heard thefamiliar the thetamiUar thetamlliar tamiUar familiar call caU . , "Number Number " One - . - two twoprisoners twoprisoners twoprisoners prisoners and had rep rep'led repled replied ! ' ed 'Turnem ' "Turnem Turnem " 'Turn Turn ' , em In The General had sent ent for forme torme i ime me Af Afj A I stood stQod before him mybeart my myheart ' beart felt telt as though it would beatoyt beat beatoyf oyt t , through my blouse He H smiled smiledand sm11.t sm11t smiledand . ! < ! . IInd and spokeI spokeS9n spoke , I ' Son S9n $ pn , you have won tn tft in the West WestPoint WestPoint We tPoint Point Pointcompetitive competitive examination exarlifnatlon exa lnation andwant and andI I want to tell you you re starting startingbut startingbut startingout but on the slime same ame road I ttarted started out outDn outon outon Dn on a loni long ; lime Ume time ago It 8 s the greatest great greatest greatest est school In the world-but world but world - - but learn learnlome learntome learntome lome tome common sense too ' I'm Im ' lend tend lendtng tendIng ( endIng tng Ing you on furlough until you reportror report reportfor reportor for ror ( duty at the Military MtlitaIT Academy AcademyCongra AcademyCongratulations AcademyCongratulations AcademyCongratulationsThe Congra Congratulations tulatlons tulatlonsThe CongratulationsThe The world was never so sweet I Iga Ia ' ' day la ga ( ned two Inches In the chest thatday that thatI thatday thatdayThus I dayThus Thus In July of ot 1028 1928 I walked walkedthrough walkedthroueh ! through the th sally port with my Bult suit suitcase uitcase ! case and began the routine that is isfamlhar Isfamiliar iffamiliar famlhar familiar to nearly everyone I hadheard had hadbeard hadheard beard heard of the strict discipline of West WestPomt WestPoint We tPoint Pomt Point and the difficulty ditJlculty dilllculty of studies studiestor studiesfor tudleafor tor for one handicapped by a Southern Southernaccent Southernaccent Southernaccent accent My year of hard work had hadmade hadmade hadmade made me hate booka books again but 1 I 1resolved Iresolved Iresolved resolved that after the work I 1 hadgone had hadgone hadgone gone to I most certainly certamly would not notbe notbe notbe be kicked out or found ' as a * wesay weBay we weay Bay say ay in Kaydet slang I remember remembermy remembermy remembermy my father s ambition tor for me He Hewas Hewas Howas was of course cour e proud of my appointment appoint appointment appointment ment and used to wonder why I Idldn Ididn Ididn dldn didn t rank about number one In Inmy inmy Inmy my class During my Plebe year yearwhich yearwhich yearwhich which was wa * easy because I had justabout justabout Juat just Juatat about learned the first year's years ' workst work workat at st the prep school school , , he used to write writeand writeand writeend and end tell me that while it wasn wash t too toodisgraceful toodisgraceful toodisgraceful disgraceful to be number fifty fllty tlity In aclass a aclass aclass class of over three hundred pundred he be hecouldn becouldn hacouldn couldn t lee see ee why I didn dldn t atudy study alittle a alItUe alittle lItUe little more and get up Into the first firsttwenty firsttwenty firattwenty twenty Well as the flrst first year went wentby wentby wentby by and I got into the more dim difficult difficultstudies difficultstudies ult ultstudIes studIes I I went lower and lower In a aclass aclass aclass class that dwindled finally to sometwo some sometwo om omtwo two hundred and sixty " - During Durmg the thelast thelast thelast last year when I was very far fardown fardown tardown down Daddy would writeYou writeYou write writeYou You just stay there Son just just5t'1Y justst juststty 5t'1Y 5t1Y st ' iy there thereI I still stIlI heard the planes flying over overand overand overand and try as I would I could concen concentr concentr concentr tr ite ire \ te on nothing nsthing but the Air CorpsIn Corps CorpsIn In lfl30 1930 I wrote an essay on fly flyIng flyIng nying Ing and it almost got mo me kicked kickedt t You see In Military Mlhtary HJstory History Historyy HJstoryy y u have to writ write a a monograph onthe on onthe onthe the ' strategy 'itrategy itrategy employed In one of the themajor themajor themajor major battles of the world I had al- al always al al-ways al ways . - ways liked military history and had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been in the first section of th that t j5ub- j5ub sub- sub j5ubject subject sub subject - - ject ( At the Academy each stu stn student stndent atudent dent Is in a aection section commensuratewith commensurate commensuratewIth commensuratewith wIth his scholastic standing ) ) Mypresence My Mypresence Mypresence presence in that group permitted me meto meto meto to choose my battle . I had bad had a agrandfather agrandfather a.grandfather agrandfather . grandfather killed at Bull Run Rim Run . , , Bnd and andI BndI I therefore theretore selected lelected the flrat first BatUe Battle Battleof BatUeof Battiof * of Manaasas Manassas ManaasasThere ManassasThere ThereOas There \Oas Oas taas \ was as usual usual , , many a .Up Up slip slipBefore . slipBefora .UpBefore Before I waa was able to write writ * the story storywe storywe atorywe we were permitted to travel to the theWest theWest tb tbWest West Coast to play Stanford in football foot- foot football toot-ball toot ball - - - ball Coming back under the chagrin cha chagrlta chagrin grlta grin : of defeat , . . I did not bother to toopen toopen toopen open my booka books believing that evenWest even evenWest evenWest West Point would not expect a stu student student atudent dent to recite within one hour of ofhIs ofhis ofhis hIs return from California But I Ireckoned Ireckoned Ireckoned reckoned without the rigidity rlgldJty of the theAcademy theAcademy theAcademy Academy Our train arrived .cross cross across acrossthe . acrossthe .crossthe the Hudson at Garrison at C 6 8 $ 55 $5 5 and andwe andwe andwe we marched into History Hiltory at 7 55 I Iwas Iwas Iwas was Immediately assigned to recite reciteon reciteon reciton * on the battle battJe of Valmy I 1 did cUd not notknow notknow notknow know what war it waa was in and therefore there there- therefore therefore - - fore knew nothing concerning IL it It . To Tolay Tosay Tosay lay say that and get a zero however howeverwould howeverwould howeverwould would be fatal and In fact couldmean could couldmean couldmean mean disciplinary action I there there- therefore therefore therefore - fore resorted to the time worn WestPoint West WestPoint WestPoint Point tactics of evasion-known evasion known evasion - known asbugling aa as aabugling aabugling ' ' bugling Going to the blackboard with .with . anair an anaIT anair aIT air of confidence I stood at atten attentlOn attenlion attenUon tlOn lion with pointer in hand and be- be began be be.gan began - . gan Sir my du duty for tor today la Is a to toexplain toexplain toexplain explain tba the battle of Valmy Valm7 Napo Napo- Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon - - leon declared after thia this engaaement engagement engaaementtba engagementthat engagementthat that tba t tba the forces of an army anD7 JDust must mustbe JDustbe mustbe be concentrated tor r battle . . , , . , " ItOociuP At ) at ' tna nt u . th4 , e or ItOoci stood uP t * lI stoodlI pand anet and ute said aid ! h b ha Would woul WOU1 warnT walt'bv waltbv walt " ' flve , wo.ond woond lee tea teaonds . . onds on " . , tot for ( or J > me O to beiU1 begld begl theecltaUon tir the -ecltaUon ecltaUon Incitation . - recitationcorrectly ecltaUoncortectb Incitationcorrectly cortectb correctly ' . . t I tried . sga again 'a a ' q and AAd wa was - " . ordered ordere4 wasordered ttf to td ' it sit Itt ? down down . , . ' " The icro zero 2 I received eceived regefved , ; " dropped Ped me m mrom trom tram metrom metram ( rom ttr the flrai 1lrat flrat aecUon tecctlon l cUon to to'1h to1h 'the the " ' ' 'fh fh ' . hilt " .t t . . . la.trurth latrurth .tFurthC'rmore FurthC'rmore FurthCrmore Furthermore ImmedlateSthat ' < rmor , . I found founc1 Jm lm JmedJat ImmedlateS nediately edJat nediatelythat ub.Iccta ubIccta that * t In this last la.t lat . .ctlon ctlon section . . the ( h tub Ub $ . . . Jecta Jects for tor monographs mODograph monograph . ; were not .e- .e se- se . - a.i ai . - .elect selected lect lected " by b7 1110 the th . cadet , . but were as- as . . a . - , assigned 'Tb Tb ' 'Tir Tir The ' signed new instructor I.v Iv gavq gavam . , me gavqme the battle of at SandepU-Iome SandepU Iome Sandepu - , . some oma In ( n.significant nsignificant . signfdcant signfflcant engagament engagement to In an .n n . insls- insls Inaig taalg.niflcant taalgniflcant : . - inslsD1.6cant D1.6cant D16cant niflcant tothe inthe . w wtys wilts , i looked f for ( or l ' day days da ) ' . in to the lI library r for data on the battla battle . and , about one para paragraph . : graph devoted to It In the Enclclo- Enclclo Encycfo Enclclopaedl Encyclo.paedia Encyclopaedia - . paedl paedia Britannica Brltanttica ttwas ftwas tt ft Sandepu.Haikoutai SandepuHaikoutai wax was Sandepu . . , Haikoutal Halkoutat . , or Yen Kal.Wan KalWan Kal-Wan Kal Wan Kai-Wan Kai . - . , , fopght fought during foughtduring fopghtduring the Russo.Japanese RussoJapanese Rutso.Japaneae RutsoJapaneae Ru so-Japanes so Japanes . . - War of 1904-05 1904 05 1904.05 190405 1904.05A ofHOI-OS ofHOI OS ofHOIOSA - . - A person peraon wit with-my with my - - mq imagination and end initiative andInitiative endinitiative . , I reasoned , would .imp1y imp1y simply simplywaste . .imp1ywaste unplywaate waste bla bIa his talents talenta on .ucb ucb such . ucb a .maU maU small smallbattle . smallbattle .maUbattle battle I therefore theretore decided to create cre cre- create create - - ate a flctltloua ftCtltlou flcUUous . battle Thia This extra extrawork extrawork extrawork work mattered not . , . for ( or I 1 bad had noth- noth nothing nothing notb-Ing notb Ing - ing but tune Wne . , having been placed In Inconfinement inconfinement toconfinement confinement tor for getting the zero InhlstoryR InbJstory to In bJstory hlstoryR hlstoryRI " tory , I worked out an elaborateplan elaborate elaborateplao elaborateplan plao plan tor for ( or the battle and Introduced Introducedthe Introducedthe Introducedthe the . subject .ubJect ubJect to In a manner that I knew knewwould knewwould knewwould would attract attention to even a alastsectloJ alastsectforl alast-sectlori alast sectlori last-sectloJ last sectloJ last-sectforl sectforl lastsectloJmODograph lastsectforlmonograph - - - monograph mODograph . . I dedicatedthe dedicated dedicatedthe dedicatedthe the work of art to the officer omcer Incharge In Incharge Incharge charge of at Field Artillery , Lteut Weut WeutPete LteutPete UeutPete Pete Nuby-a Nuby a Nuby - a contraband nickname nicknameof nicknameot ot of a v very q tough offic officer r I illustratedthe illustrated illustratedthe Illustratethe * the monograph monograpb with pictures of h/ew h ew hewYork NewYork / ew ewYork York . street .treet treet cleaners and wrote UD- UD tin- tin UDder tinder un under - der them that they were Japanesesoldiers Japanese Japanesesoldiers Japanesesoldiers soldiers waiting to go over the top topat topat topat at the River Ho in 1905 Lastly LasUy I Itied Itied Itied tied the book In red ribbon at least leastsix leastsix leastsix six Inches wide completed with ax a aGeaeral x $ a ak k K KGeneral Geaeral General IIeary Oenry henry n 0 II AnrM Arnold , , chief of oftbe ofthe ( tbe the th IJalteJ United State States * Army Air Forces Farceat , to * wirin whom tbls this tkl * atory story Is dedicatedbow dedicated dedicatedbow bow larger lrger , { than the monograph J I Jdoomed Idoomed Idoomed doomed myself in the last |