The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is the military component of the student body at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Cadets live together in residence halls, attend morning formatio
General James Henry Lane, CSA, Commandant of Cadets
Outside Barracks No. 1 (now called Lane Hall) circa 1905-06
Early VPI cadet, 1927
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets belt buckle, circa 1941
Homer Hickam
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Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times Best Seller a
Homer Hickam Jr. (left) and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Art Stephenson during a conference at Morris Auditorium on July 16, 1999
Cover of Hickam's book, "Rocket Boys" Published in 1998.