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Originally Posted by TimG

Great picture, I'll show my friend that was a 1969 graduate, he got a GTO.

He will get a kick out of it for sure. In 1969, fast new Corvette's were the hot item at the Academy along with the fighter pilot mentality. Vietnam was in full force and fighter pilots and future astronauts loved getting new Corvettes. By the time I got there in 1976, the shift was to muscle cars and my class bought mostly 79 Z/28's and Trans Ams. Part of the recruiting pitch to go to the Academy was the ability to buy a new car your senior year. For a 17 year old kid, that was a big incentive. We got killer deals and discounted insurance rates too. Back then USAA insurance was mostly for officers or cadets at the military academes and many of us are still with them today.