View a eulogy for Tommie William Bates, USMA '86, who passed away on September 14, 1990.
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Tommie William Bates
West Point, 1986
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Wade Cook on December 23, 2004:
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Tommie put on a (nearly) one-man show for Founders Day at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The year was either either 1988, 89, or 90. The show was a take-off on "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and was about a young man's first experiences at West Point. Tommie played the young man as he went through Beast Barracks and cadet life. The show was hilarious -- really funny, with Tommie's excellent comic timing. Tommie also had a serious point to make; he attacked, via satire, the notion that West Point graduates are robotic and can't think for themselves. Tommie's evident talent was tremendous. May God rest his soul. |
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