Classmates,
A
primary task of your Company CQ is to ensure that a Memorial Article is
written and published in TAPS for each deceased company mate. Each CQ
deals with this requirement in his own way. One constant in the process is
that the Lead Author of your Memorial Article will
need accurate and complete information about you in order to write
an article that properly honors your life.
In reviewing the websites sponsored by the AOG, it is clear
that there are two types that relate to Memorial Articles:
1)
Those sites that contain basic information for Lead
Authors about the content and structure of Memorial Articles
(self-written or about a classmate).
These
sites provide guidelines for collecting, writing &
submitting information and do not require a User ID or
Password to view.
For example
The
http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=800
(Memorial
Article Guidelines)
http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=16
(Sample Memorial Article)
http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=15
(Memorial Article Inventory Sheet)
COMMENT:
The MA Inventory Sheet accompanies the draft MA sent to AOG for
publication in TAPS. It ensures that the article meets the criteria for
published MAs and that the next-of-kin has authorized and signed off
on it.
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2) Those sites that provide each of us places to record
detailed information about our lives (our military and civilian careers,
our families, and our accomplishments) for use by the Lead
Author composing a Memorial Article:
In this category are the Personal Profile pages; your personal
web page in the 50th
***To update your Personal Profile:
Go To:
https://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=366
(AOG Main Page)
COMMENT: Requires
Log-in for Access to Your Personal Data...To log-in you use
your Cullum
Number and a Password. To get a password, on the AOG Main Page:
"Click on Forgotten
Password link (upper left corner of page) and enter your User ID (your
Cullum number), it will be sent to the email address for you that we have in
our system. All are welcome
to Join!"
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***To update your personal web page
(Add
new material to the 50th
Go To: http://wardbook.west-point.org/display_grad.cgi?class_id=1958
Here
are the instructions to access/update your entry:
"First, the data
is password-protected so you'll need a login if you don't already have one. All
that is needed is a West-Point.ORG userid and password. Note that this is different than your AOG userid and password.
Many graduates already have a West-Point.ORG userid, but if you do not, you may
request one by either of two methods:
Your Log-in
ID is always wpXXXXX where XXXXX is your Cullum Number. When you have this
information, Click on the LOG IN button to the upper left of this screen, and
then enter your Log-in ID and Password. Log in by
clicking the "Log In" button in the top of the left-hand column.
Once you log in, you'll see menu items for adding, editing, and deleting your
entry."
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***To update your Cullum File
Sheet:
The
This document captures more detailed
information than your standard profile data.
There several ways to submit your Vital
Statistic Sheet.
Open the Adobe PDF link and fill in the
text fields on the document, make sure the "highlight
fields" button is selected. You can find it in the upper right hand
corner or the Acrobat Reader page. After you are finished filling out all the
fields click on the "submit by email" button found on the bottom
and top of the form.
Click here for Vital Statistic
Sheet - PDF
Click here to download
Adobe Acrobat Software
We have also provided a word document.
Click here for Vital Statistic
Sheet - Word Document
Snail Mail -
You can fill in the text fields and print the document and mail it back.
You can print the document out and fill it out with a pen and mail it
back.
ATTN: Marilee Meyer
Archivist
The GRADUATE GUIDE
An alternate
source of information on Memorial Articles and Burials at West Point is the
GRADUATE GUIDE published by the Director of Class Support, Office of Alumni
Support,
If
you want a paper copy:
Call
WPAOG Alumni Support/Publications/Finance (845) 446-1695 or
(better) go to the online version which is updated regularly and can
be found at:
http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=772
(Graduate
Guide)
Here
are a few pages from the Graduate Guide useful to writers of
Memorial Articles:
http://www.aogusma.org/class/gradguide/sec_8.htm
(Graduate
Guide--Memorials & Burials)
http://www.aogusma.org/class/gradguide/sec_8rep.htm
(Class
Rep Info Sheet)
http://www.aogusma.org/class/gradguide/sec_8self.htm
(Self-Written
Memorial Article)
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COMMENT: A draft of this Special Initiative was sent to the AOG. Marilee
Meyer, Archivist/Cullum Files & Kara Lesinski, Assistant Memorial Articles
Editor seconded the information and added comments/corrections to the
draft...any corrections have been incorporated...If you wish further
information on any of the above, contact either Ms Meyer or Ms Lesinski
directly. Their e-addresses and phone numbers appear below...
Ms Meyer added:
“Please feel free to add to your file or other grads at
anytime. Your Cullum file plays a large role in your military history.
Think of your Cullum File as a time capsule on yourself. The more
you have in it the better your history will be remembered. You may add
photos, self written obituary, self written bio, military records, newspaper
clipping etc. If I can be of further assistance just drop me an email or
give me a call. Thank you and have a wonderful day.”
Marilee Meyer
Archivist/Cullum Files West Point Association of Graduates
Phone
845-446-1545 Fax 845-446-1695 marilee.meyer@wpaog.org
Serving
West Point and the Long Gray Line
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Ms Lesinski added:
“All the pages you cited on the West Point AOG
website are what we are currently using, but will be updated soon—so it is
always a good idea to print the latest version from this site:
http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=772
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have
any questions.”
Respectfully,
Kara
Kara Lesinski
Assistant Memorial Articles Editor West Point Association of Graduates
Phone: (845) 446-1577 |
Fax: (845) 446-1695
Email: Kara.Lesinski@wpaog.org