Military Records: Lt. Hershel Dement Hughes, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 3, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Lt. H. Dement Hughes

Among the Cadets graduating from West Point, United States Military Academy,
on June 1st, 1943, was Hershel Dement Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hughes
of 519 Main Street, Pineville, La., former residents of Winnfield.  Receiving
his appointment to the Military Academy from Rep. A. Leonard Allen of the
Eighth Louisiana District, Hughes graduated from the Winnfield High School and
attended Louisiana College for two years and the Louisiana Polytechnic
Institute at Ruston, La., for one year before going to West Point.  During his
first class year at West Point, he was a Cadet Sergeant.  He turned out for
football, boxing, and lacrosse, winning a major "A" in football and also a
monogram.  Hughes was also a member of the Cadet Chapel Choir.  He received
his commission in the Air Force.

The graduating class, numbering 514, the largest ever to graduate from the
Military Academy, is graduating one year ahead of schedule.