Military Records: Dement Hughes, 1940, Winn Parish, La.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 9, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Dement Hughes Goes To West Point July 1

Receives Appointment From Cong. A. L. Allen

Dement Hughes, son of Rev. and Mrs. O. L. Hughes of Winnfield, has been
notified by Congressman A. Leonard Allen that he has passed the physical
examination for entrance into West Point Military Academy and to report at New
York on July 1st.

Hughes was given the principal appointment by Congressman Allen and is the
first youth to be accepted for the academy from Congressman Allen's district,
since Congressman Allen has been in office.  He was exempt from taking the
mental test because average in high school and college.  He is a senior at
Louisiana Tech and was fourth honor student in a class of 64 in the 1936
graduating class of Winnfield.  On March 5 he went to Hot Springs, Ark., where
he took the physical examination.