JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – On May 19, after 30 years of separation and the help of, Carolyn Coleman, an Oklahoma City native, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl, deputy commanding general, I Corps, was reunited with his United States Military Academy of West Point class ring on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
“I’m glad that it finally found its way back to its rightful owner and where it belongs,” said Coleman. “I actually got a little teary-eyed knowing that he would get his ring back, because who knows what that ring may have meant to him.” Class rings are generally worn to commemorate a student’s graduation, but for some, the rings take on a deeper meaning making them a keepsake.
“I think the West Point ring, for everybody who graduates from West Point, sort of ties you to those formative years,” said Dahl. “That’s when you go from being a 17-year-old in high school to being, in this case, a 21-year-old commissioned officer in the United States Army. An awful lot of change took place during those four years, and it took place at West Point, and that’s what this ring represents.” Read More