Regarding The Cavalier loss due to penalty in 1966 to the Troopers at VFW Nationals.
The penalty was due to a flag code violation. The squad with the American flag made
a squad turn and for a second the Illinois flag was in front of the American flag. Had
they all just did an about face, the Cavaliers would have won.
The odd thing is we were penalized for the same thing in the prelims, thought we had
fixed it and were wrong.
No dropped equipment, we didn't drop equipment. Anyway, I know all this because
I was there. We won American Legion Nationals. I think the Troopers came in third
or fourth.