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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 39863, member: 59"]I suspect all 3 in the bottom row were in Zouave units. There were an amazingly large number of units with "Zouave" in their name - not just in NY although I gather they are the best known. See how all 3 have that "French hunting horn" instead of a wreath on the unit device on their kepis? Plus the gathering of coat material below the belt on the 2 on the left. As for the 2 young men from Salem MA - your post elsewhere simply mentioned "Class of (and the year)" but here you say they graduated from Salem High School in those 2 years. I tried to find out when Salem's school system included the term "high school," but even the school's own website doesn't include historical information. I did find out (on the Salem MA wiki page) that what is now Salem State College was established in 1859 as a "normal school." Since such schools graduated students at a much younger age than we think of as customary, I wonder if they were actually students there? In the for what it's worth category, Salem HS does have a thriving Jr. ROTC program. It could be of such long standing that it would explain why they are in uniform for a HS graduation type picture.[/QUOTE]