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Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 103, a 1938 graduate of Clemson University, visits the school's Memorial Park, Sept. 20, 2020. Skardon was the commander of Company A of the 92nd Infantry Regiment PA (Philippine Army), a battalion of Filipino Army recruits on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. He led his troops through some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of WWII, earning two Silver Stars and three Bronze Stars for valor in combat, as well as a Purple Heart during the first four months of the war. On April 9, 1942, he became a prisoner of war with tens of thousands of his brothers-in-arms when American troops in that area of operation were forced to surrender to the Japanese. Skardon and his fellow POWs were marched 80 miles north by their ruthless captors in one of the most notorious war crimes in history: The Bataan Death March. Skardon survived the march only to suffer three years of captivity in Japanese prisoner of war camps. (Photo by Ken Scar)
| Date Taken: | 09.20.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 03.02.2021 10:47 |
| Photo ID: | 6395124 |
| VIRIN: | 200920-A-ZU930-001 |
| Resolution: | 2700x1669 |
| Size: | 4.54 MB |
| Location: | CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 43 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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