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West Point, Yesterday

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Life Magazine

U.S. Military Academy, 1936

The adjacent post deals with the West Point of tomorrow. But our comrades at LIFE have posted a wonderful photo essay on what being a cadet there was like in 1936.

It was the second cover story in the magazine’s history, photographed by the incomparable Alfred Eisenstaedt. Drop in for a visit here.