Col. Ben Skardon, a 1938 graduate of Clemson University, WWII POW, recipient of two Silver Stars, and survivor of the Bataan Death March, approaches the 8-mile finish line of the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, , March 17, 2019. This was Skardon's 12th walk in the memorial march. He is 101 years old, and the only survivor of the actual death march to walk in the memorial march. After he retired from the Army, he came back to Clemson and taught English until his retirement in 1982.

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