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Dr. James L. Moran, Jr. – “Respect was important”

As a young commissioned officer, James L. Moran attended Airborne School and was then sent to his first duty station in Ft. McClellan, AL. He talks about the challenge he faced leading men older than himself and the dangers of his job as a combat engineer.