Scroll of Honor – David and Rufus Henry
Six Years, Four Months Brothers David Hill Henry, Jr. and Rufus Earl Sadler Henry of Clemson both attended their hometown college—and both answered their country’s call to arms in the…
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Six Years, Four Months Brothers David Hill Henry, Jr. and Rufus Earl Sadler Henry of Clemson both attended their hometown college—and both answered their country’s call to arms in the…
An Excellent Account John Herman Lightsey, Jr. couldn’t have had any idea what was in store for him and the other boys of the Class of 1942 when they arrived…
Hedgerow Hero Seventy-five years ago this week, Allied forces were struggling to expand and reinforce the Normandy beachhead bought with such sacrifice on D-Day. During the first week on French…
All Around Leader John Leumas Childress was one of those people who excelled at everything he attempted. From the time he stepped onto the Clemson campus as a freshman member…
The Clemson Corps will host a community-wide Memorial Day service honoring America’s military dead from all wars on Sunday, May 26 at Clemson University’s Scroll of Honor Memorial. This year’s…
Clemson University’s Scroll of Honor Memorial occupies a highly visible plot of ground—directly across the street from Memorial Stadium. The Memorial is in the form of a barrow ringed with…
The First Victory The Great Depression had blanketed the country in misery, yet some lucky, disciplined and intelligent young men still managed to pursue their educations. Francis Carlton Truesdale of…
Fiery Descent into the Sea The war reached out and grabbed the boys of the Class of 1944. Having endured the hazing and harassment of their Rat seasons, the academic…
Tragedy by Train A heavy weight of responsibility fell on Clemson College’s Class of 1941. These young men embarked on their cadet journey when the distant rumblings in Europe and…
A Life of Outstanding Accomplishment John Coryell Leysath grew up in the Orangeburg County crossroads of North, South Carolina, graduating from the public schools there and belonging to the Methodist…
The Price of Proficiency To dive bomb the enemy with any hope of achieving a hit and inflicting damage, the pilot of the aircraft had to be proficient in aiming…
One In Sixteen Million It happened fast but despite a flurry of activity in 1941 America was still unprepared for war. As a result, the military accelerated its base-building efforts…
Unrewarded Valor Everything at Clemson College changed in the spring of 1943. Of course things had been changing for several months by then. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor in…
Final Flight John LeHecka graduated from high school in Rock Hill in 1960 and enrolled that fall at Clemson College. An agronomy major, John remained in school through his sophomore…
The Last Christmas It is fair to say that the Clemson experience of the Class of 1944 was unique. These boys had arrived on campus in the late summer of…
Rufus Randolph McLeod, Jr. How the world changed in those four years. When Rufus Randolph McLeod, Jr. arrived on the Clemson campus in the late summer of 1938, no one…