Wes Moore Lied About Leading Soldiers in Combat, His Commanding Officer Says
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D.) opened his 2015 book, The Work, with a dramatic telling of the first time he led soldiers in combat in Afghanistan. Moore described the feeling of shells buzzing past his ears, grappling with the thought that he might die that day, and the disciplined calm that came over him as he led his paratroopers into responding with overwhelming force. "The opportunity to lead soldiers in combat and serve my country in a time of war had been, in a strange way, one of the great…
