Military Heroes John McPhee and Jason Redman - Megyn Kelly's "Double Feature" of Fascinating Interviews

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**John McPhee** (0:56)
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**Megyn Kelly** (1:00)
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on SiriusXM Channel 111 every weekday at noon East.
Hey everyone, I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show and today's Double Feature episode. To celebrate July 4th, two of our interviews on the show from the Archives with American Heroes. First, my conversation with John McPhee, the Sheriff of Baghdad. He is a true patriot badass. This guy is amazing. And then my lengthy sit down with the inspirational, oh, Jason Redman, my God.
If you're not inspired by Jason Redman, I can't help you. If he doesn't inspire you to be a better, tougher, greater person, no one will. Enjoy. Have a great rest of your weekend. God bless you and God bless America. And we'll see you tomorrow.
We are bringing you the story of a remarkable veteran and what a story this vet has. Joining me today is retired US Army Special Operations Sergeant Major John McPhee, aka the Sheriff of Baghdad. John served our country for over 20 years, specializing in various special mission units and combat experience across multiple theaters, including Afghanistan and Iraq, where he hunted both Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. John, great to have you.

**John McPhee** (2:23)
Thank you.

**Megyn Kelly** (2:23)
How are you doing?

**John McPhee** (2:24)
Pretty good. Pretty good. Quite a lead up there.

**Megyn Kelly** (2:27)
Well, my God, I mean, you've done a lot.

**John McPhee** (2:29)
I've tried. I've tried.

**Megyn Kelly** (2:30)
When I say that, when you hear that intro read, given all the time that you spent serving the country, what's the one that you focus on? Like, that's the one thing that really kind of defined the service in my mind.

**John McPhee** (2:42)
Man, kind of none of that, I guess. You know what I mean? Like, later in the war, as leadership, like, that was a challenge. You know what I mean? Those like the Battle of Tora Bora, I was a new guy. Like, let's go kill everybody. You know what I mean? And then the war rages on. You learn. You're more experienced.
You just learn. As it goes on, you're going to learn different lessons. Everybody's going to do this. And I think the lessons I learned as a young guy weren't the lessons I needed. Really? Yeah. Everybody learns, right? Everyone makes mistakes.

**Megyn Kelly** (3:20)
When I read your bio, I thought the opposite because you had a very rough childhood. And I thought it made him one tough SOB.

**John McPhee** (3:28)
Maybe. Yeah.

**Megyn Kelly** (3:29)
And, you know, capable of doing what needed to be done in like the darkest days of Iraq and Afghanistan.

**John McPhee** (3:35)
Yeah. And so I'm a regular, I tell everyone this.
I'm a regular guy. I do everything everyone else does. I joined the army. And I think when, when 9-11 happened, I was too far in to like choose a different life. You know what I mean?

**Megyn Kelly** (3:58)
Let's start back at the young John. South side of Chicago.

**John McPhee** (4:02)
Yeah.

**Megyn Kelly** (4:02)
Only white kid in the class.

**John McPhee** (4:04)
Yeah, for a long time.

**Megyn Kelly** (4:05)
How'd that happen?

**John McPhee** (4:07)
I don't know. You get in fights. You go to Ding Dong. They call it Ding Dong School. That's where kids that fight all the time.
And you end up there.

**Megyn Kelly** (4:17)
How did your parents settle in a neighborhood where you would wind up being the only white kid in class?