Same Date of Rank - Grads at the Top and Bottom from West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy

Does class rank really matter?Q: What do you call the person who's last in their classin medical or law school?A: Doctor or Lawyer. Q: And, what do you call the person who's last in theirclass at West Point, Annapolis or the U.S. Air ForceAcademy?A: Lieutenant or Ensign. Same Date of Rank salutes 17 men and three women gradsat the top and bottom, representing the U.S. Army, Navy,Air Force and Marine Corps. They range from the &quote;goat&quote;or last man in West Point's Class of 1942, who was the fi rst manin his class promoted to Brigadier General, to a 1999 AnnapolisAll-American rugby player who has served three tours in Iraq as aMarine Corps Captain. Read about combat leaders, admirals,astronauts, pilots, ship captains, business leaders, an historian,logistics expert, mayor, teacher and software guru. The book also provides class ranks of many famous academygrads from George Pickett and George Armstrong Custer (lasts)to Robert E. Lee and Douglas Mac Arthur (2nd and 1st) as wellas Dwight Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, and JimWebb plus athletes like Roger Staubach of the NFL and DavidRobinson of the NBA. And, it includes timely information about how to apply to eachof the three academies.