Remembering West Point by Eugene J Palka

Remembering West Point by Eugene J Palka

West Point, New York, home of the United States Military Academy, is one of the nation's most famous and unique landscapes. Established in 1802 to train engineer officers for the Army, West Point has for over 200 years produced many of the country's greatest leaders, including Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Douglas A. MacArthur. With a selection of fine historic images from their best-selling book, Historic Photos of West Point, Eugene J. Palka and Jon C. Malinowski provide a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the development of West Point. With over 100 photos from the Library of Congress, National Archives, and the United States Military Academy, Remembering West Point shows the academy as it was from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. These black-and-white photos highlight special occasions, demolished and existing buildings, and cadets in class, during military training, and on the fields of friendly strife. This is West Point as you have never seen it.

Eugene J. Palka is director of the geography program in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Colonel in the U.S. Army.

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ISBN 13	9781683369059
ISBN 10	168336905X
Title	Remembering West Point
Author	Eugene J Palka
Series	Remembering
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Turner Publishing Company
Year published	2010-07-29
Number of pages	134
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