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Freshmen in U.S. Naval Academy Fight to the Finish

By Al Drago and Thomas McKinless

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Roll Call photographer Al Drago followed freshman midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, during their end-of-semester challenge, a day of brutal physical and mental tasks known as “Sea Trials.”

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