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A member of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class falls on top of fellow plebes as they attempt to climb the Herndon Monument, a granite obelisk coated with a thick layer of vegetable shortening, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Members of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Messages are scrawled into a thick layer of vegetable shortening on the 21-foot Herndon Monument, which plebes will climb in a ritual marking the end of their first year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarqueトレンド写真
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Ben Leisegang knocks off the white plebe "Dixie cup" hat and replaces it with an upperclassman's hat upon climbing the 21-foot Herndon Monument, which was coated with a thick layer of vegetable shortening for the annual ritual marking the completion of the first year class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Members of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Members of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarqueトレンド記事
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A member of the U.S. Naval Academy's first year class wears an upperclassman hat as she and fellow plebes climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Members of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Ben Leisegang celebrates after he, with the help of fellow plebes, climbed to the top of the Herndon Monument and placed an upperclassman hat atop the a 21-foot granite obelisk, in the annual ritual marking the completion of the first year class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Ben Leisegang celebrates after he, with the help of fellow plebes, climbed to the top of the Herndon Monument, a 21-foot granite obelisk coated with a thick layer of vegetable shortening, in the annual ritual marking the completion of the first year class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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A member of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class holds up fellow plebes to climb the Herndon Monument, a granite obelisk coated with a thick layer of vegetable shortening, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
