From 1958 to 1962 I attended Marist College, a Catholic military boys high school in Atlanta. Every year our cadet “battle group” would march in the Armistice Day parade. In those days, the Atlanta public high schools had Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs whose participants would also march. The public school JROTC uniforms consisted of World War II vintage Eisenhower jackets and matching dark brown trousers. In contrast, our dress uniforms were comprised of blue-grey tunics and white “duck” pants. In short, we looked different and were easily identifiable as the boys who went to Catholic school. In those...