{"id":105,"date":"2022-04-25T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:34:51","slug":"major-general-james-w-duckett-scm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/major-general-james-w-duckett-scm\/","title":{"rendered":"Major General James W. Duckett, SCM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-general-james-w-duckett-scm-1970-1974\">Major General James W. Duckett, SCM (1970-1974)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Duckett was born in Greenwood, South Carolina in 1911. He was an honor graduate of ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Class of 1932. 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