Clint Lane
Encyclopedia
Clint Lane was a fictional baseball
and football
star that attended the United States Military Academy
from California
, and who was later commissioned as an officer in the United States Army
.
His exploits as a cadet at West Point
and, after graduation, as a young Cold War
officer were detailed in Colonel Red Reeder's series of books, West Point Plebe, West Point Yearling, West Point Second Classman, West Point First Classman, 2nd Lieutenant Clint Lane: West Point to Berlin, and Clint Lane in Korea.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
star that attended the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
from California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and who was later commissioned as an officer in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
.
His exploits as a cadet at West Point
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
and, after graduation, as a young Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
officer were detailed in Colonel Red Reeder's series of books, West Point Plebe, West Point Yearling, West Point Second Classman, West Point First Classman, 2nd Lieutenant Clint Lane: West Point to Berlin, and Clint Lane in Korea.