Education: Citadel's Choice

In the 92 years since its cadets helped ring the curtain up on the Civil War by firing on the Union steamship Star of the West on her way to relieve Fort Sumter, the Military College of South Carolina (the Citadel) has had much to remember. It has turned out generals by the dozen (among them: Lieut. General James T. Moore, Major General Harry K. Pickett, Major General James B. Allison). Major Thomas D. Howie ("See you in St. Lô") went to the Citadel, and so did Korean Ace Captain Dolphin Overton. At the Citadel, a plebe is still a...

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