USAFA Class Histories

• Academy Classes hold major reunions every five years.

• 1963 honors classmates who have passed since our last gathering at a Memorial Service in the Chapel.

• A final by-name roll call is conducted with a response "Absent Sir" echoing from the rear choir loft by a current cadet from our departed classmate's old cadet squadron.

• The cups of the deceased are turned and then the toast to "our departed brethren".

• There are no dry eyes.

• 1963 conducts annual mini reunions using the Heritage Display site in Arnold Hall to take note of those who passed over the last year. A practice turning of the cups takes place with opportunity for reminiscences by those present.

• The video clip that follows (from the 50th reunion) provides an abbreviated look at our ceremony.