[xzins]

Yep. No way it would be turned down.

And especially in about 1970, a black kid from poverty, from inner city Detroit, who had brilliant grades, and who was the XO of his JROTC.

[Jarhead9297]

You really believe that? With Vietnam you don’t think there were kids in the same position whose parents refused them to go? And especially during the same time African Americans in the military were treated less than admirable in many units?

[wagglebee]

Exactly. At the height of Vietnam he would have been exactly the type of person that West Point was looking for.

I've worked with several service academy graduates who came from underprivileged families and they are probably the best people I've ever worked with.