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West Point Class of 1978 Graduates Largest Cadet Corps
The West Point class of 1978 graduates as the largest in the academy’s 171-year history with 939 seniors, the first peacetime ceremony in nine years, and 26 black graduates. Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, first Navy speaker, cites “The challenge of peace” as 12,000 spectators watch in Michie Stadium while noting past honor code cases and ongoing investigations into a cheating scandal among underclassmen.
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West Point
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moorer
Navy
Michie Stadium
Damocles
Eisenhower
Joachim Hagopian
Albert E. Andrews
Hagopian
East Longmeadow
Mass
Andrews
New York
Petersburg
Frank T. Lubczynski