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'Welcome home.' Clemson dedicates POW/MIA Chair at Memorial Stadium

CLEMSON – A man wearing a Vietnam Veteran hat and shirt slipped out of the rain and under the canopy just before the start of Friday’s ceremony, his white hair and flecks of white in his beard belying the youthful vigor and purpose with which he walked. Following the ceremony, that man walked up to the front row and knelt on one knee. He grabbed Air Force Major (Ret.) Richard “Dick” Vaughan (Clemson ’67) by the hand, gently holding one frail hand in his two hands, one comforting hand on top, and said the most poignant words of the day.