Over the weekend, news broke that the alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point scrapped a plan to give the 69-year-old Oscar winner their Sylvanus Thayer Award — which honors an “outstanding citizen” who did not attend the academy but exemplifies the the values of “duty, honor and country.” The Saving Private Ryan actor and Band of Brothers producer is a longtime veterans advocate.
According to The Washington Post, an alumni association representative explained the move in a statement: “This decision allows the Academy to continue its focus on its core mission of preparing cadets to lead, fight and win as officers in the world’s most lethal force, the United States Army.”
The ceremony was scheduled for later this month. It’s unclear if Hanks will still…
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