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Maj. DJ Skelton Retires From Army, Leaving Behind A Legacy Of Helping Wounded Warriors

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Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: An Army major named DJ Skelton retired on Monday at a ceremony in Arlington, Va. In attendance were family, friends and fellow soldiers, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Pentagon officials. A four-star Army general presided - not the usual crowd when a mid-ranking officer leaves service. NPR veterans correspondent Quil Lawrence brings us the story of Major DJ Skelton, retired. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: DJ Skelton shouldn't even be here. He enlisted in 1996 after flunking out of college. In the Army, He learned Mandarin Chinese at the Defense Language Institute. But he wasn't on a path to becoming an officer. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MIKE LWIN: Good afternoon. I'm Colonel Mike Lwin, United States Army, retired. LAWRENCE: Mike Lwin and others pushed Skelton to apply to West Point. Lwin was the MC at Skelton's retirement this week. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LWIN: And less than 24

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