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West Point condemns graduate who wore Che Guevara shirt under uniform

By Melissa Quinn
Published September 27, 2017 2:10pm ET
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West Point condemns graduate who wore Che Guevara shirt under uniform
The West Point graduate posted two photos on Twitter this week expressing pro-communist views. In one photo, tweeted Monday, Rapone opened the buttons of his uniform to show a Che Guevara T-shirt underneath. (Image courtesy screenshot)

The U.S. Military Academy condemned pro-communist photos posted by a graduate on social media this week and said the Army is investigating the infantry officer’s actions.

In a statement issued Tuesday, West Point said the actions by the graduate, 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, did not “reflect the values of the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Army.”

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