In the early days of digital photography, George Herbert Walker Bush was President, and Cadet Eric John DeJong became 2LT Eric John DeJong upon his graduation from the USMA and commissioning into the US Army. Here is President Bush handing Eric his diploma from the USMA on June 1st, 1991. Eric’s class was the first to wear the whites at graduation because a rain storm ruined their well known dress grays for the graduation ceremony. In addition, President Bush was only supposed to hand out diplomas to the first 50 in the class. Eric, who was ranked just over 50th, received his diploma from President Bush anyway... because, true to his statesman nature, President Bush was a gentleman and kept on handing them out anyway. Rest In Peace to one of the last of the gentleman leaders.
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