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![Legacy Cadets Recognized at Alumni Awards and Donor Recognition Banquet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1632397155/missourimilitaryacademyorg/vbsqnm86pfylqdosw2qf/legacy-cadets-Homecoming-2021.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1632397155/missourimilitaryacademyorg/vbsqnm86pfylqdosw2qf/legacy-cadets-Homecoming-2021.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1632397155/missourimilitaryacademyorg/vbsqnm86pfylqdosw2qf/legacy-cadets-Homecoming-2021.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1632397155/missourimilitaryacademyorg/vbsqnm86pfylqdosw2qf/legacy-cadets-Homecoming-2021.jpg","width":1000}])
On September 18, 2021, legacy cadets and their families were formally recognized at the Alumni Awards and Donor Recognition Banquet during Homecoming. Legacy cadets are cadets who are sons, stepsons, brothers, grandsons, step-grandsons, nephews or cousins of an MMA alum who completed at least one full year as an MMA cadet. Symbolizing their family's continued history at MMA, they were given a legacy pin.
![MMA Corps Celebrates Alumnus Gen. Clifton B. Cates Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1630443197/missourimilitaryacademyorg/uotzrbpvczo1uokojq5y/210831CatesBirthday-4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1630443197/missourimilitaryacademyorg/uotzrbpvczo1uokojq5y/210831CatesBirthday-4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1630443197/missourimilitaryacademyorg/uotzrbpvczo1uokojq5y/210831CatesBirthday-4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1630443197/missourimilitaryacademyorg/uotzrbpvczo1uokojq5y/210831CatesBirthday-4.jpg","width":1000}])
Celebrating one of MMA's most accomplished graduates, the Missouri Military Academy Corps of Cadets took time during lunch on 31 August 2021 to remember MMA alumnus Gen. Clifton B. Cates (August 31, 1893 – June 4, 1970) on his birthday. A 1910 graduate of MMA, Cates led a distinguished military career, serving through several major conflicts, including World War I, World War II and the Korean War. He eventually became the 19th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
![Missouri Military Academy Homecoming Event]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1630003266/missourimilitaryacademyorg/bb0fh5h8wnhhonultxjt/MMAHomecoming2019DSC_1081.jpg","width":1620}])
Missouri Military Academy (MMA) alumni will celebrate MMA Homecoming 2021 on Sept. 17-19. Parents and other MMA community members are invited to attend to watch the current corps of cadets honor alumni with events throughout the weekend.
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