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CLEMSON, S.C. - South Carolina's Clemson University celebrated its latest Military Appreciation Week Nov. 18 - 22, which including non-stop recognition and honors for past and present service members - keeping in place a long tradition of honoring our military that began with the very founding of the school in 1889.
Beginning with the first graduating class of 1896, more than 10,000 Clemson men and women have served in the armed forces. Many have been highly decorated for their service and sacrifices, including Aquilla J. Dyess, recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts of heroism against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Feb. 1 and 2, 1944.
Adding to those roots, several Clemson alumni were captured and held as prisoners of war in conflicts from WWI to Vietnam.
But most notably, 485 Clemson alumni have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.
The names of those 485 heroes are carved permanently in 485 stones that comprise Clemson's Scroll of Honor, a beautifully landscaped monument erected across the street from Memorial Stadium, the gargantuan football venue named for those revered 485 that the Clemson Tigers play their home games in.
This year's Military Appreciation week included training and events for student veterans, the opening of a new Student Veterans Resource Center, a golf tournament to fund an endowment for student veterans, and multiple recognitions and honors to veterans past and present, most particularly Vietnam veterans, during the Clemson Tigers' game against Georgia State on Nov. 22.
During half-time of the game, more than two dozen Vietnam veterans and their families from every service branch were saluted during a ceremony on the infield. Afterwards, the Clemson Reserve Officers' Training Corps' elite drill unit, the Pershing Rifles, conducted an Honors ceremony for the fallen at mid-field.
The 80,000-seat stadium went stone still during a moment of silence to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
In less important news, the Clemson Tigers beat the Georgia State Panthers 28-0.
| Date Taken: | 11.22.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 11.23.2014 23:01 |
| Story ID: | 148603 |
| Location: | CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | ABERDEEN, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Hometown: | CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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