{"id":116,"date":"2022-04-25T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:32:43","slug":"lt-general-claudius-e-watts-iii-usaf-ret","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lt-general-claudius-e-watts-iii-usaf-ret\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. General Claudius E. Watts III, USAF, Ret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lt-general-claudius-e-watts-iii-usaf-ret-1989-1996\">Lt. General Claudius E. Watts III, USAF, Ret (1989-1996)<\/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 Watts was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina on September 22, 1936. 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