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Gates Four Golf and Country Club
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21 January
Miller's Ale House
The North Atlanta Metro Citadel Club January Fellowship of the Ring
745 Chastain Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
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The Citadel Alumni Association Contributes to Scholarships
The Citadel Alumni Association capped off a banner year of giving at its annual membership meeting. The Association will contribute $900,000 to support college operations, CAA legacy cadet and need-based scholarships, and enhance The Citadel’s Service to Country Tuition Scholarships and National Service Room and Board Scholarships for ROTC cadets.
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Today we remember Arland Williams, '57, who was a passenger aboard Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed on take-off in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 1982, killing 74 people. Williams helped the five other survivors escape before he drowned in the icy waters of the Potomac.
From Time Magazine, by Roger Rosenblatt, January 25, 1982, before The Man in the Water was identified:
"But the person most responsible for the emotional impact of the disaster is the one known at first simply as “the man in the water.” (balding, probably in his 50s, an extravagant mustache.) He was seen clinging with five other survivors to the tail section of the airplane.
This man was described by Usher and Windsor as appearing alert and in control. Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.
“In a mass casualty, you’ll find people like him,” said Windsor. “But I’ve never seen one with that commitment.” When the helicopter came back for him, the man had gone under. His selflessness was one reason the story held national attention; his anonymity another.
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For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how gradual the effect of the cold. In his judgment he had no choice."
LTC George G. Mattar, USA, '63, was also on board Flight 90 and was killed when the plane crashed
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CAA Members: Book your travel to our 2025 destinations with your fellow Bulldogs now!
Contact our travel partner, AHI Travel, to make arrangements. You will find their contact information at cit.ahitravel.com. We are offering:
August 31 – September 12: Coastal Gems of the Emerald Isle
featuring the Wild Atlantic Way
September 9 – September 17: Pleasures of Provence
Gather your classmates, friends and family and join us in 2025!
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On January 9, 1861, Citadel Cadets manning an artillery battery on Morris Island fired the first hostile shots of the Civil War, repulsing the federal steamship, Star of the West, carrying supplies and two hundred federal troops dispatched by President Buchanan to reinforce Union Forces garrisoned at Fort Sumter.
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