In an unprecedented move, the US military academy West Point has suddenly dropped Tom Hanks from a ceremony later this month.

According to The Washington Post, Hanks was set to receive the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award during a Sept. 25 ceremony at West Point.

The military academy announced in June that the Forrest Gump star would receive the award, which is given to an outstanding citizen of the US “whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify personal devotion to the ideals expressed in West Point’s motto: ‘Duty, Honor, Country.'”

Honorable Robert A. McDonald, Class of 1975, WPAOG Board Chairman, spoke about Hank’s receiving the award. “Tom Hanks has done more for the positive portrayal of the American service member, more for the caring of the American veteran, t

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