In 2039 IMATI researcher, Rosalind Brodsky travels to an assignment at West Point U.S. Military Academy, situated on the banks of the Hudson River, 50 miles north of Manhattan in New York State. Following investigations into the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (PSYOP) based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the assignment at West Point is part of an investigation into early forms of audio hypnosis or silent sounds technologies altering the brain's EEG patterns, used for military purposes.

In conversation with West Point's Thayer Hotel receptionist, Brodsky learns that in 1939 the Military Academy was used as the setting for the witch's tower scene in the filming of 'The Wizard of Oz'.

The West Point site was selected for the construction of a fort by George Washington, and the fortifications were designed in 1778 by Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), commander of US forces in the Korean war, was a West Point man:

June 13, 1899 - appointed as a Cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
June 1903 - Graduates first in his class
April 1908: Appointed as Commanding Officer, Company K, 3rd Battalion of Engineers. Later that year becomes an instructor at the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas.
February 1911: Promoted to Captain and serves as the Officer-in-Charge of the Engineering Depot at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
June 1919: Becomes the Superintendent of the US Military Academy, West Point
1926 - 1927: Serves as 3rd Corps Commander, based in Baltimore, Maryland
July 8, 1950: Following the invasion of North Korea into South Korea, MacArthur is named Commander of all United Nations forces in Korea.
May 12, 1962 - Gives famous Duty, Honor, Country valedictory speech at West Point.

A giant letter addressed to MacArthur in the Philippines, held aloft by RKO starlets. (see below)