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West Point evolves with rock era but keeps core standards
West Point undergoes a $150 million expansion doubling early 1960s enrollment while modernizing facilities and loosening some limits. Cadet life introduces more leave, relaxed discipline for upper classes, and greater social interaction, yet military training remains central with the two-hour annual instruction and summer field programs.
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West Point
N.Y
UPI
Sylvanus Thayer
Grant Hall
Army Engineering School
Camp Buckner
U.S. Army
William A. Knowlton
Maj
William Carpenter
Lonesome End
Vietnam
William Pete Dawkins
Pentagon
Edwin Aldrin
Frank Borman
Michael Collins
David Scott
Edward White
Col. White