Commandment of West Point Cadets is decorated by Spanish Ambassador to U.S. Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, Commandment of Cadets at West Point, being decorated with the Spanish Military Cross of Merit by Ambassador Padilla today. Col. Hodges received the decoration for his service at the American Embassy in Spain from 1923 to 1926. In the photograph, left to right; Maj. Victoriane Casjaris, military attache of the Spanish Embassy; Col. Hodges; and Ambassador Padilla
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A group of men standing next to each other.
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The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles north of New York City. The Academy traces its roots to 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson directed that plans be set in motion to establish the United States Military Academy. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments.
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Date
01/01/1929
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Library of Congress
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