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Pete Hegseth: “Without [the OCS graduates], we would not have won the wars…”

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Published | Video Starts at 03:29

Of course, this place is legendary. Of the 800,000 officers who served in the army during World War II, more than half were graduates from OCS. They were called 90 Day Wonders, and Without [the OCS graduates], we would not have won the wars in Europe and the Pacific. 11 Previous Secretary of defense, a man named Cap Weinberger, visited OCS at Fort Benning when he was secretary, and he said, this is the place where the fate of the country is quite literally decided. (03:29–03:33)

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Asserts that OCS graduates were crucial to winning World War II in Europe and the Pacific.

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