James Van Fleet
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General James Alward Van Fleet was a United States Army officer who served during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and grad
Van Fleet in 1953
The General James A. Van Fleet State Trail (2010)
The class the stars fell on
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"The class the stars fell on" is an expression used to describe the class of 1915 at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. In the United States Army, the insignia reserved for ge
James Van Fleet
…undefeated Army team of 1914. Van Fleet graduated in the famous West Point Class of 1915, which included so many future generals that it has been called "the class the stars fell on" (stars being the insignia of generals). Van Fleet's classmates included Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, among many others. After graduation…
Members of the West Point class of 1915
The 1914 West Point baseball team. Omar Bradley is second from left. Every member of the team who remained in the Army became a general.
The 1912 West Point football team. Dwight D. Eisenhower is third from left. Louis Merillat is eighth from the left, in the A sweater. Omar Bradley is on the far right, to the left of Leland Hobbs.
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (as a general)