In 1900, Company E was founded with cadets from companies A, B, C, and D that nobody wanted. Expansion due to WWII in 1943 resulted in companies G and H being formed from E and F. Then in 1947, Company L, 2nd Regiment was formed from G1 and H1.

      Inspired by some type of divine intervention, the administration placed this new company in the 46th, 47th, and 48th divisions, as far from the academic buildings as possible! The spirit which would eventually bring Elvis back from the dead was already evident in the cadets of L2. In 1947, they sponsored an academy Moo-Hop complete with milk and a live cow.

      Hardly a prototype of Prussian military excellence, the "loose deuce" attributed its smooth success, class unity, and healthy attitude to simple indifference. By 1960, the company adopted the motto "Going Like L," but did not exactly specify where they were going. The slogan of '60 provides a helpful hint in reading "All that I am, and all that I hope to be I owe to my green girl." By 1965, Company L2 was leading the Corps in Regimental Boards. Even more impressive, the "Loose Deuce" could boast of having molded two class goats over the years. It was from L2 that the initial upper class cadets of E4 were pulled in 1965.

      Eager to set high standards in the new company, these loose deuce expatriates choose for their new mascot a naked woman with a beer mug. Surprisingly, this mascot was not banned until 1974. Although a number of substitute mottos were tried along the way (Epsilon Quad and E-Z-4 for example), the one that stuck was "GO NAKED." In 1972, E4 was rooted out of their hiding places in the lost fifties and moved to Mac Short. It was on the incline in Mac Short where the term "Go Naked" took on a new meaning as creative cadets would wet down the slopes, and "go naked" belly sliding down the hall. This motto was officially banned, however, in 1978 after a plebe greeted a Lieutenant Colonel with it. In 1978, the company (under no outside pressure of course) chose an eagle for their mascot. This lasted until 1983, when it was thankfully changed to a rampaging elephant.

      Although presentably politically correct, it doesn't take that keen of an eye to notice that this elephant was undoubtedly naked. Yes, the spirit of the "loose deuce", although confined, could never be killed. In fact, E4's spirit was as alive as ever in the eighties. In 1986, the elephants produced the largest ever spirit poster for an Army-Navy game at over 100 by 150 feet. Without sheets, these selfless cadets must have gone the whole winter without being able to make their beds. By 1988, the elephant mascot was ingrained and a live one was obtained and brought to dinner formation.

      In 1993, the still "naked" members of the E4 finally allowed themselves to be clothes. These daring descendent of the "deuce" donned a polyester suit and declared to the Corps and the world at large that "Elvis Lives!"

      Ever watchful of the rogue spirit of L2, the administration decreed in 2004 that E4 would no longer be able to rock their hips and celebrate "the King," but would instead be forced to present a more "professional" appearance. Instead of representing a true American icon, the cadets of E4 were pressed in a new outfit of the mighty E4 Highlanders. This label followed them for three years where the cadets of E4 proudly donned their kilts and represented West Point's finest.

      In 2007, called by the spirit of their predecessors reaching back more than a century to return to a label that would represent their past; the cadets of E4 decided that, despite the pressure otherwise, they would become Elvis once more and announce to the world that E4 would forever "Go Naked!"

Company history provided by Cadet Captain Dan Hall '10