Three former prisoners of war (from left), Army Col. Ben Skardon, 101 (WWII), Army 1st Lt. Bill Funchess, 90 (Korea), and Air Force Col. Bill Austin, 80 (Vietnam) listen to a speech during a POW/MIA recognition ceremony at Clemson University, Oct. 4, 2018. All three men are Clemson alums - in 1938, 1948 and 1959, respectively - and all three returned to Clemson to work as faculty or staff after the wars. Amazingly, all three also still live within 15 minutes of the Clemson campus. (

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