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  • Ring melt ceremony bonds past with the future

    05/30/2005 11:04:37 AM PDT · by BulletBobCo · 1,223+ views
    Pointer View ^ | March 19, 2004 | Spc. Eric S. Bartelt
    Steve Rasmussen stood earnestly, his voice cracking with emotion describing his father’s love for the U. S. Military Academy and his privilege to witness something that meant so much to his father with the hope it will mean the same to its new owner. His father, James Asa Rasmussen, USMA class of 1945, who died October 26, had a last wish of contributing his class ring to the Class Ring Memorial Program. His ring was included among the 12 present at the ring ceremony conducted at the Pease & Curren Refinery in Warwick , R.I. , March 8. In four...