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    Overcoming adversity

    Overcoming adversity

    WEST POINT, NY, UNITED STATES

    02.05.2016

    Photo by Airman Collin Schmidt 

    341st Missile Wing

    Henry Ossian Flipper was commissioned an Army lieutenant after his graduation from West Point in 1873. Flipper was then assigned to the 10th Cavalry at Fort Sill, Okla., and later became the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at Fort Davis, Texas. Flipper is widely remembered as the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy. (Courtesy photo)

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    Date Taken: 02.05.2016
    Date Posted: 02.05.2016 17:04
    Photo ID: 2386831
    VIRIN: 150205-F-ZZ999-111
    Resolution: 1759x2363
    Size: 956 KB
    Location: WEST POINT, NY, US
    Hometown: GREAT FALLS, MT, US

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