France Graduation of French Army Officers Academy, Class of 2012

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello readers:

This past July 21, the 2012 Class of the Ecole Speciale Militaire de St.Cyr named "Promotion Capitaine Xavier de Cacqueray" has graduated.

This class had participated during the French National Holiday this past 14th of July together with other components of St.Cyr in the parade down the Champs Elysees.

Any one who would like to see pictures of these events may pull up the website

www.st-cyr.terre.defense.gouv.fr

In the column "A La Une" click on Triomphe 2012 and then at the bottom one will see two inserts to view pictures of the daytime events and then those of the actual ceremony.

To view the 14th of July Paris parade go to the left side under Actualites and roll down to "Les Ecoles sur le Champs Elysees".

It may also be of interest that the German General Kammerer attended the graduation ceremony because four German exchange officer candidates graduated in the course of an exchange program in this regard.

This writer had the good fortune to attend upon invitation a day of remembrance last year at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. This day was dedicated to Capitaine Xavier de Cacqueray who died of wounds for France in Algeria in 1958 and after whom the Class of 2012 elected to be named. This writer served under his orders in Vietnam in 1952-53 and again in 1954.

Bernhard H. Holst