Class of 1805–1835 | Class of 1836–1852 | Class of 1852–1981 | Class of 1884–1936
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David DuBose Gaillard (1859–1913)
CLASS OF 1884
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HIGHLIGHT: Photo of Culebra Cut
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Engineering: Successfully led Panama Canal construction through the notorious Culebra Cut.
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John Joseph Pershing (1860–1948)
CLASS OF 1886
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HIGHLIGHT: Pershing War Room at Chaumont, France
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Served with distinction on the frontier
and with 10th Cavalry (Negro) in Cuba | Distinguished
service in Philippines | Only general of the armies
| Promoted from captain to brigadier general | Commanded
the Mexican punitive expedition in 1916 | Appointed
commander of the American Expeditionary Force.
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George Owen Squier (1865–1934)
CLASS OF 1887
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HIGHLIGHT: Wright Flyer
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Engineering: Army’s first Ph.D. specializing in electrical research | Established signal
school and a radio research laboratory. War: Army aviation pioneer | chief signal officer
who oversaw all army communications and aviation in World War I.
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Peyton Conway March (1864–1955)
CLASS OF 1888
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HIGHLIGHT: Portrait, Peyton C. March
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Able combat commander in Spanish-American and Philippine wars | Made army
chief of staff in March 1918 | Organized and improved the general staff, adding Air
Service, Tank Corps, and other units to reflect the new war | Clashed with General Pershing over
authority.
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Charles Pelot Summerall (1867–1955)
CLASS OF 1892
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HIGHLIGHT: V Corps flag
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Saw combat in Philippines and China | Commanded 1st Division V Corps during
World War I battles | Army chief of staff. Other: President of The Citadel, a
military college in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Frank Ross McCoy (1874–1954)
CLASS OF 1897
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HIGHLIGHT: Fighting in the Philippines
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Served in 10th Cavalry (Negro) at San Juan Hill (Cuba) | Led raid in the Philippines in 1905
that killed Moro chieftain Datu Ali | A brigade commander in World War I. Other: A noted diplomat
| Directed relief efforts after the 1923 Tokyo earthquake | Negotiated terms of occupation of Japan after
World War II.
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Hugh Samuel Johnson (1882–1942)
CLASS OF 1903
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HIGHLIGHT: Portrait, Hugh S. Jackson
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Worked on Selective Service System for World War I draft | Worked to integrate military
and industrial sectors during buildup for war. Other: Headed the National Recovery
Administration in 1933 | Successful businessman.
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Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)
CLASS OF 1903
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HIGHLIGHT: Cadet Douglas MacArthur with his mother
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: World War I hero | Army chief of staff before returning to the Philippines to organize the Filipino Army
| Led Americans to victory in the Pacific in World War II | Commander of United Nations forces in the Korean War.
Other: Instituted reforms at West Point to restore academic respectability as superintendent | Served as
military governor of Japan.
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Omar Nelson Bradley (1893–1981)
CLASS OF 1915
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HIGHLIGHT: Playing baseball
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Indispensable assistant to Eisenhower in World War II | Commander of corps in North
Africa and armies in France and Germany | Headed the Veterans Administration | Army chief of
staff and first chairman of the new joint chiefs of staff.
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Garrison Holt Davidson (1904–1992)
CLASS OF 1927
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HIGHLIGHT: Portrait, Garrison H. Davidson
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Outstanding soldier in World War II and Korea. Other: Most successful academic
reformer at West Point since Thayer | Added electives to the curriculum and revitalized the honor
code.
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Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (1914–1974)
CLASS OF 1936
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HIGHLIGHT: Abrams in Vietnam
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Decorated armored unit commander in World War II | Commander of US forces in Vietnam 1968-72
| Abrams (M1) battle tank named for him.
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Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (1912–2002)
CLASS OF 1936
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HIGHLIGHT: Davis and the Tuskegee Airmen
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
War: Following segregated flight training at Tuskegee Institute, commanded all-black 99th
Pursuit Squadron in Europe in World War II | First black air force general. Other: Endured
four years of racial prejudice at West Point | First 20th Century African American graduate.
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Class of 1805–1835 | Class of 1836–1852 | Class of 1852–1981 | Class of 1884–1936
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