Tyrone Power ages 50 years to play real-life West Point legend Martin Maher, the scrappy Irish immigrant who rises from "another Mick waiter" to hot-tempered cadet to one of the best-loved instructors of the institution. During these difficult and dangerous times, West Point, the Association of Graduates (AOG), and all alumni must make a clear, united commitment to our bedrock values of duty, honor, country, and reaffirm our sacred oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”. What's My Line? Power gives an outstanding performance as Marty Maher, a humble Irish immigrant who became an institution at West Point. West Point graduates and alumni were divided. Any West Point alumni interested in adding their name to this letter is encouraged to contact any of the current signers for further instructions. McGinnis Gets a Job 3. Is Trump a Brand-New Weird Existential Threat to the Republic? Sadly, some alumni, including elected officials, fanned the flames of the January 6th insurrection by supporting proven lies, hiding behind dubious procedural quibbles, or physically participating in the attack on our Capitol. With a novelist's eye for detai West Point is one of the country’s most sacred institutions and cannot betray the moral authority rightly given by a respecting public. The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson is about the class of 1966 for West Point. Journalist Rick Atkinson won a Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for a Washington Post series about the West Point Class of 1966. The class of 1966 was a group of 807 young men and women, only 579 of them graduating. The ideals of West Point — Duty, Honor, Country — only endure if its graduates — who are publicly represented by the West Point AOG — embody, live, and exemplify them. Brilliantly conceived, eloquently written, The Lone Gray Line tells a deeply affecting story that spans twenty-five turbulent years, following the West Point class of 1966 through their high spirited cadet years into the fires of Vietnam and the bitterly divisive post-war years. All the Fordian elements, unashamed sentimentality, boisterious comedy, stark tragedy, are all here, and Ford and his actors convey them all beautifully. Earnest but somewhat schmaltzy drama of career West Point teacher, good cast even if the accents are laid on a little thick. When asked to take a stand by alumni, the U.S Air Force Academy (USAFA) AOG chose to equivocate: General Gould (USAFA AOG president and former Superintendent) indicated that board members had “emotions that went across the spectrum, and opinions and ideas…We made it a point that we would stay totally apolitical, which is very important in what we do,” the general said. Challenging assumptions about a distinctive "southern military tradition," Rod Andrew demonstrates that southern military schools were less concerned with preparing young men for actual combat than with instilling in their students broader values of honor, patriotism, civic duty, and virtue. The Bold Princess Royal/The Olde favourite 12. The Long Gray Line is a 1955 film about an Irish immigrant who is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.. After four years thirty were dead, making this class have the greatest number of casualties by and class. The Long Grey Line by Debra Cowan, released 23 January 2001 1. West Point proudly promotes, “The history we teach was often made by those we taught.” Tragically, West Point taught both Grant and Lee; one a hero, the other a traitor. A coalition of several hundred West Point alumni from six decades of classes, who collectively served across ten presidential administrations. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Blackwaterside 7. Directed by John Ford.Written by Edward Hope, based on the 1951 novel Bringing Up The Brass: My 55 Years at West Point by Martin Maher.