(7 Mar 2025)
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina – 7 March 2025
1. Wide of Bragg family unveiling Fort Bragg sign
2. Mid of Diane Watts, Roland Bragg’s youngest daughter
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Watts, Roland Bragg’s Daughter:
"I think that they looked for a man of good character, and they found my dad."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Fort Bragg is a place where ordinary people transform into heroes. Ordinary people like Private First Class Roland L. Bragg."
5. Tight of lecture with dragon and "AIRBORNE" carving
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Pfc. Bragg came from humble beginnings. His story embodies the Greatest Generation."
7. Panning shot of honor guard
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"In July of 1943, Bragg enlisted in the Army. And after earning his jump wings, he is assigned to the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps, and he trained right here in the pine forests of Fort Bragg."
9. Wide of headquarters building with flags
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Pfc. Bragg earned the Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor in combat."
11. Mid of fluttering flags
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Over 80 years have passed since Roland Bragg arrived here. Eight decades of soldiers from Fort Bragg deploying to every major conflict, defending America and her allies across the globe. And they come home to Fort Bragg."
13. Various of Watts sitting in audience
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Today we salute a man who answered the call, came to North Carolina and forged the best version of himself. And, so, today we honor a hero worthy of the name Bragg. It is synonymous with excellence."
15. Tight of flag
16. SOuNDBITE (English) Rebecca Amirpour, Roland Bragg’s Granddaughter:
"I never saw my granddad wear his military uniform. He was not one to go to a Memorial Day parade or Veterans Day parade."
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General:
"Fort Bragg is where soldiers transform, where the ordinary finds the extraordinary and where the call finds its answer. Where a quiet man from Maine emerges a hero. In his honor, and in the shared legacy of all who have called this place home, we answer the call. Welcome back to Bragg. May this place continue to forge heroes for our nation. Airborne, all the way."
18. Wide of band playing national anthem
19. Various of Watts with hand on heart
20. Wide of Fort Bragg v veteran Carl Helton talking to Bragg family
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Helton, Served at Bragg:
"Oh, I’m ecstatic. I would never call it Fort Liberty, no matter what. Because it’s so dear, and some precious memories here."
22. Tight of hat with pins
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Helton, Served at Bragg:
"Too many people died that came out of here."
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Maj. Al Woodall, Retired Green Beret:
"Ah, just like a phoenix. It’s rising from the ashes again. So, I made a point on the 7th of March, I was going to return to Fort Bragg, come back to Fort Bragg to make sure that it’s done back the way it should be."
25. Tight of pin
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Maj. Al Woodall, Retired Green Beret:
27. Wide of people around new sign
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Watts, Roland Bragg’s Daughter;
"I’d like them to know that he was a very humble man, but a very honorable man."
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