re: LSU Breaking out new unis

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Oh yall were the only school to send kids to War? Got it.

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Do you realize LSU’s history?


We were among the top four schools in students sent to war for both world wars.....


Army and navy


And Aggie and lsu


Also

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With the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917, almost the entire LSU Cadet Corps volunteered. A regiment was designated as "The Louisiana Cadets." A former LSU student, General John A. Lejeune, was the first commander of a Marine Corps combat division and later became Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Another outstanding LSU cadet of this era was General Campbell B. Hodges. After World War I, he went on to serve as Commandant of the Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and as military adviser to President Herbert Hoover. (He returned to his alma mater, LSU, as President from 1941-44).

During World War I, scores of former LSU students served their country in all of the branches of the armed services. Following World War I, in 1926, the University moved from its former campus in downtown Baton Rouge to its present location—once a cane field and plantation "way out in the country." Among the first facilities to be erected was the Memorial Tower, dedicated to the memory of all Louisianians who gave their lives during World War I. In addition, the Oak Grove (now separated from the Parade Ground by the Student Union) was planted to honor those LSU students who died in World War I. This grove of trees consists of 31 massive live oaks, 30 of which are dedicated to 30 known LSU servicemen and one to an un-known University soldier.

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