Always afraid, always needed to talk, but didn't. The recoil from pain is instinctual. For a long, long time survivors do not wish to talk about the past. The need to be heard, is why I can still find so many stories of World War II survivors who share, who still need to share. Sharing is …
War's Family
Whose sacrifice mirrors God for you?
Here is how Ben Skardon remembered Henry Leitner and Otis Morgan Who mirrored God for you? WWII veteran, Colonel Ben Skardon wants us to remember two names: Henry Leitner and Otis Morgan. They mirrored God for him by saving his life, over and over again. Ben Skardon, a son of an …
Survival, Loyalty and Faith Endures: Bataan Death March Survivor.
As recently as 5 years ago, then 94-year-old Bataan Death March survivor Ben Skardon walked a portion of the march, with friends and family called "Ben's Squadron." In his 2012 speech Ben described, the turning point of incarceration in POW camps, when dear friends Otis Morgan and Henry Leitner …
