Does Anyone Care. Henry 0. Flipper and the United States Army

摘要

This study addresses the cadet and military times of Lieutenant Henry 0. Flipper,the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy and the first African-American to serve as a regular Army officer. Lieutenant Flipper entered West Point ten years following the Emancipation Proclamation, in 1873. in 1877, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry and, in 1882, was dismissed from the U.S. Army for alleged irregularities in his commissary accounts. Flipper's brief Army career personifies the highest values and principles sought by the Army today. He was the epitome of a cadet and officer and gentleman. Even after his dismissal from the Army, he remained deeply patriotic to his country and went on to serve his country in many ways. An authentic American hero, Flipper proved a superb role model then and now to military leaders. He remained proud of himself, West Point, and the U.S. Army until his death in 1940.