Retired Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, walks under a blazing New Mexico sun aided by members of his loyal support team, Ben’s Brigade - a group of 64 family, friends, former Clemson University students of his, and relatives of his fellow prisonors of war - during the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, , March 19, 2017. Skardon is the only survivor of the real Bataan Death March who walks in the memorial march. This was the tenth time he participated, and he has walked eight and a half miles each time. ( Army Reserve photo by


Retired Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, walks under a blazing New Mexico sun aided by members of his loyal support team, Ben’s Brigade - a group of 64 family, friends, former Clemson University students of his, and relatives of his fellow prisonors of war - during the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, , March 19, 2017. Skardon is the only survivor of the real Bataan Death March who walks in the memorial march. This was the tenth time he participated, and he has walked eight and a half miles each time. ( Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)


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