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Bayard the Goat Saves Cadets on July Fourth
West Point cadets planned a dawn salute using an old eleven inch gun. Bayard, known as the Goat, leaped to pull two cadets down from the parapet and shielded them as the muzzle erupted. The act saved lives and earned him lasting respect from peers and officers.
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