General Diana Holland salutes after placing the class ring of deceased West Point graduate Brig Gen. James Hebert, class of 1945, into a melting crucible at the Pease & Curren foundry Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Warwick, R.I. Forty-one gold class rings were donated this year, most by families in memory of a deceased member of the United States Military Academy at West Point, to be melted into a gold bar for the crafting of the 2018 class rings of graduating members of the “Long Grey Line,” (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) 
