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WEST POINT, NY Cadet Parker Minotti, of Langhorne, squad leader of Company D-3 at West Point and member of the class of 2021, was selected to serve as a team captain for the 52nd historic Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, held Friday and Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
A field of 44 teams competed in the event that represented 25 U.S. Military Academy teams, 16 Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), and three U.S. service academies. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, international teams were not eligible to participate in this year’s event, but they will be allowed to compete next year.
24 The year was 1943. Adolf Hitler had declared war against America and precautionary measures were implemented to stop the pervasive rise of fascism stemming from Germany.
West Point became a war-time academy where cadets were educated for three years instead of four and stringent military orders were placed on the U.S. Military Academy’s Corps of Cadets to remain at West Point. It was explained to the cadets at the time that midshipmen couldn’t come to support the Navy team at the Army-Navy Game during the war, and they needed someone to cheer their team along. In the spirit of sportsmanship, the Corps was separated one to support the Navy and the other to support the Army, retired Col. Doniphan Carter, USMA Class of 1944, explained.