John Marshall High School Cadet Corp
A Photographic History

John Marshall High School circa 1955

Lieutenant Charles J. Schaefer, Commandant, inspects John Marshall High School Cadet Corps, Richmond, Virginia, 1950. Colonel Charles J. Schaefer, U.S. Army retired, lives in Richmond.

Colonel E. M. Conquest, the first commandant - 1915.

John Marshall cadet corps' ranking alumnus, General W. A. Burress.

"From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds. The long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: duty, honor, country."

John Marshall High School Cadet color guard, Richmond, Virginia, 1950.