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    Tag: WWII interview
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    • Rubbing elbows with history

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Clemson University junior Will Hines chats with retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, Feb. 210, 2015. Hines was interviewing Henderson for an undergraduate research project at Clemson in which he tapes interviews with veterans and sends copies to the Library of Congress to be preserved forever. Henderson spoke about watching from a hillside as......

    • Admiral Chester Nimitz

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      A photo of Admiral Chester Nimitz autographed to retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, has a place of honor in Henderson's Spartanburg, S.C. home Feb. 21, 2015. It reads "To Sgt. Robert A. Henderson USMC, With appreciation of efficient services to CinCPac [Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet] and with best wishes in new duty". Henderson......

    • Marine Staff Sgt. Robert Henderson

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      A 1940's-era photo of retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, hangs in his Spartanburg, S.C. home Feb. 21, 2015. Henderson served the duration of WWII, culminating at the Battle of Okinawa. "I was in the first and last battles of the war.” (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)...

    • Pearl Harbor survivor going strong

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, poses next to his medals and a photo of himself from the era, Feb. 21, 2015. "Living this long is no accident," he explained. "It takes work." Henderson served the duration of WWII, culminating at the Battle of Okinawa. "I was in the first and last battles of the war." (Photo by Ken Scar)...

    • Lessons from a vet

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, shows Clemson University student Will Hines his home gym in Spartanburg, S.C., Feb. 21, 2015. "Living this long is no accident. It takes work." Henderson served the duration of WWII, culminating at the Battle of Okinawa. "I was in the first and last battles of the war," he said. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)...

    • Pearl Harbor survivor, 95, does pull-ups in home gym

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, does pull-ups in his home gym in Spartanburg, S.C., Feb. 21, 2015. "Living this long is no accident," he explained. "It takes work." Henderson served the duration of WWII, culminating at the Battle of Okinawa. "I was in the first and last battles of the war.” (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)...

    • 95 year-old WWII vet does curls in his garage

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, does some curls in his home gym in Spartanburg, S.C., Feb. 21, 2015. "Living this long is no accident," he explained. "It takes work." Henderson served the duration of WWII, culminating at the Battle of Okinawa. "I was in the first and last battles of the war.” (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)...

    • Pearl Harbor survivor tells his story

      Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar   |   108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training   |   02.21.2015

      Retired U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert A. Henderson, 95, a Pearl Harbor survivor, tells Clemson University student Will Hines his story for an undergraduate research project called the Veterans Project, Feb. 21, 2015. Hines interviews veterans for the project, and then sends the tapes to the Library of Congress to be preserved forever. "The first plane flew so close to me I could have thrown a......

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