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  • Publisher: United States Naval Academy. Special Collections & Archives.
  • Publisher Address:
    McNair Road
    Annapolis, Maryland , USA
    Phone:
  • Call number: MS
  • Location: Special Collections & Archives Department - Manuscripts
  • Title: United States Naval Academy Class of Records
  • Dates:
  • Size: linear feet
  • Container Summary: 26 manuscript boxes, 2 flat boxes
  • Creator: United States Naval Academy. Class of
  • Language(s) of material: English
  • Abstract: The Records of the United States Naval Academy Class of focus primarily on the biographies of individual class members and on the activities, such as reunion events and reunion book publication, of regional alumni groups and the class as a whole.

History of the Class of

On June 24, , the 1, incoming plebes of the Class of began to assemble on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy, marking the arrival of the first new class after America's entrance into World War II. During their three years on the Yard, the midshipmen of the Class of witnessed the completion of the North Severn Boat Basin, the establishment of the Academy's Department of Aviation, and the use of German POW work crews. The Class of 's years at the Academy were also a banner time for the midshipmen track teams, with the Cross-Country team capturing the ICAAAA Championship in and the track team winning the National Collegiate Championship in the Spring of Due to the United States' continued war efforts, the Class of graduated one year early, graduating 1, new officers on June 6,

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The Records of the United States Naval Academy Class of , comprising linear feet of documentation, span the period from to The papers focus primarily on the biographies of individual class members and on the activities, such as reunion events and reunion book publication, of regional alumni groups and the class as a whole.

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  • Lucien Rion ( - )

    • (R-Jr.):
    • Saw playing time in 11 of the team's 12 games
    • Finished the season with six tackles, including five assisted stops
    • Saw a majority of his playing time as a member of the various special teams units
    • Opened the season with an assisted tackle during Liberty's home win over Old Dominion, giving the Flames a win during their first FBS game
    • Two assisted tackles at Auburn
    • Two stops (one solo, one assisted) during the Flames home win over New Mexico State
    • Returned an interception 22 yards against Norfolk State during the Flame's season finale

    (R-So.):
    • Saw playing time in all 11 games, starting the first nine games of the season
    • Ranked third on the team with 51 tackles (33 solo, 18 assisted)
    • Also added three quarterback hurries and tackles for a loss
    • Recorded four stops (three solo, one assisted) and a quarterback hurry during Liberty's season-opening win at Baylor
    • Finished four-straight games with seven stops, following the Baylor contest, against Morehead State, Indiana State, Jacksonville State and St. Francis (Pa.)
    • Recorded a career-high eight stops at Monmouth, including six solo tackles
    • Had six tackles at Gardner-Webb, including five solo stops
    • Received team's Samkon Gado award during spring practice in , given to the most improved defensive player

    (R-Fr.):
    • Competed in 11 games, including one start at "spur" (linebacker/safety hybrid) in season finale at No. 16 Coastal Carolina
    • Made 19 tackles (nine solo, 10 assisted), including three tackles for a loss, to go with one fumble recovery
    • Recorded four tackles (one solo, three assisted) against Jacksonville
    • Recovered a fumble in win over Monmouth
    • Totaled a season-high seven tackles (four solo, three assisted), including tackles for a loss and one pass breakup in first career start

    (Fr.):
    • Redshirted

    Prep:
    • Three-year letterw

    Morea expedition

    Part of the Greek War of Independence ( to )

    The Morea expedition (French: Expédition de Morée) is the name given to the land intervention of the French Army in the Peloponnese between and , at the time of the Greek War of Independence, with the aim of expelling the Ottoman-Egyptian occupation forces from the region. It was also accompanied by a scientific expedition mandated by the French Academy.

    After the fall of Messolonghi in , the Western European powers decided to intervene in favour of revolutionary Greece. Their primary objective was to force Ibrahim Pasha, the Ottoman Empire's Egyptian ally, to evacuate the occupied regions and the Peloponnese. The intervention began when a Franco-Russo-British fleet was sent to the region and won the Battle of Navarino in October , destroying the entire Turkish-Egyptian fleet. In August , a French expeditionary corps of 15, men led by General Nicolas-Joseph Maison landed in the southwestern Peloponnese. During October, soldiers took control of the principal strongholds still held by the Turkish troops. Although the bulk of the troops returned to France in early after an eight month-deployment, the French kept a military presence in the area until The French army would suffer about 1, dead, mainly due to fever and dysentery.

    As had occurred during Napoleon'sEgyptian Campaign, when a Commission des Sciences et des Arts accompanied the military campaign, a scientific commission (Expédition scientifique de Morée) was attached to the French troops and placed under the supervision of three academies of the Institut de France. Directed by the naturalist and geographer Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, nineteen scientists representing different specialties in natural history, archaeology and architecture-sculpture made the voyage to Greece in March ; most of them stayed there for nine months. Their work proved essential to the ongoing development of the new Greek State and, more broadly, mark

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