Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 10.04.2018
Three remarkable men, representing three hellish wars that have become cornerstones of American history, shared a stage at Clemson University Thursday, Oct. 4. It was the first, and likely will be the only time living prisoners of war from WWII, Korea and Vietnam appeared together at the university that was founded in 1889 as an all-male military college and, according to its current president......
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 03.25.2018
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 100, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was once again the oldest by far of the 8,380 registered participants in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. He is the only survivor of the real march that walks in the memorial march....
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 03.25.2018
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 100, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was once again the oldest by far of the 8,380 registered participants in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. He is the only survivor of the real march that walks in the memorial march....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 05.25.2017
Volunteers gathered in Clemson University's Memorial Park Thursday, May 25 to place 489 flags on the Scroll of Honor - one for every Clemson alumnus who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country - in preparation for Memorial Day observances....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 03.19.2017
The 75th anniversary of WWII’s infamous Bataan Death March was commemorated by 7,200 participants who gathered in the wee morning hours for the 28th Bataan Memorial Death March, Sunday, March 19. Once again, retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99 years young, was the oldest participant and the only survivor of the real Bataan Death March who walked in the event....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 02.12.2017
A sobering reminder that the Army’s obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan are not finished played out Sunday, Feb. 12 at the U.S. Army Reserve’s 335th Signal Command (Theater) headquarters in East Point, Ga., as eighteen Soldiers with Detachment 6 formed up, said goodbye to their loved ones, and boarded a bus under a cloudy grey sky to begin the long journey overseas, where they will spend......
Story by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 02.06.2017
Some 300 weary but excited members of the 392nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion gathered in Fort Hood’s Howze Theater Monday, February 6 to celebrate being back on American soil after spending nine months scattered across the Middle East providing signal support for a wide range of U.S. and allied units....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 11.07.2016
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Funchess watched from the other bank as Chinese soldiers approached the river, undressed, and swam across naked, holding weapons and clothes over their heads. Once they hit his side of the river, they shook the freezing water off their skin, dressed, and ran into the forest – one after the other after the other. Thousands of them. It was November 4, 1950. When......
