Officer Candidate Class 4-64
Page updated on: 29-Nov-07
Officer Candidate Class 4-64
Page updated on: 29-Nov-07 |
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Our
Last Sad Tribute of Respect
"TAPS is the
most beautiful bugle call. Played slowly and softly, it has a smooth, tender and
touching character. The bugle call was written during the Peninsula Campaign of
the Civil War by General Butterfield, with an assist from his bugler, Oliver W.
Norton, in 1862. "TAPS"
went on from its origin as an alternative to "Lights Out" to become
not only a signal that day was done, but also to say good-bye to a fallen
comrade. "TAPS" is
customarily played at funerals at Arlington national Cemetery as well as at
ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns there. Its composer is
buried in the Post Cemetery at the United States Military Academy at West Point
(even though he did not graduate from the Academy).
Officers
of Officer Candidate School Class 4-64: Roll
Call of the Dead Saint
Francis of Assisi, Watch Over Our Fallen Comrades
Rest in Peace Faithful Comrades |
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