I posted this story in my personal page....but I'll repeat it again here....worthwhile remembering:

We all remember how our cannon, in the Gainesville campus, would  be painted over and over again, with all kinds of colors, except the regulation Army olive green, and done by the Gainesville "townboy's". Seeing our cannon in pink, violet, and mixture of colors was not a pretty sight to us.

This continued during my 5 years at RMA (1958-63), so in our senior year, we (Jimmy Casadaban "Ragin Cajun", Ernie Knight,, someone else I don't recall and mysel,  made a "retaliation plan"......we made ourselve out of campus around 1:00AM.....walked the couple of miles to the Gainesville football ground (which had a large red elephant as their "mascot", with yellow paint and paint brushes.

We were able to get a ladder and began our "art painting".....yellow line on the back, yellow tusks, RMA initials, and a "Knight for King"(as Ernie was running for king of the senior dance ball. It came out like a charm.....and made ourselves back without the McQuicies, Tuckers, etc. catching us.

We kept the SECRET to ourselves...no one else knew about it, as we knew the consequenses if it did get out......probably no Bullring....but a one way ticket home.

The next day.....I remember Col. May, in the morning chapel meeting, saying something to the effect as....."I have been informed by the local Gainesville people, that their footbll  elephant  mascot, at their football field....and had been painted  apparently by RMA cadets......this is not tolerated by RMA,  I don't know if it was done by one of you........BUT if it was.....IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!! The whole corps cheered on...!!!!!

Later on I took Polaroid photos, but have been lost in the years I kept them.

I don't know if this was ever repeated by other classes....at least Class of '63 did accomplish this unique "covert mission"..... :-))