This weekend we honor those who serve. I don’t need to preach their importance or demand gratefulness. Instead, I’ll tell you a story you may have never heard, one that I had never heard until today, thanks to Mr. Oscar Combs.
Cliff Barker was a two-time National Champion for Adolph Rupp, but his journey to the top of college basketball wasn’t typical. After his freshman season at UK, he enlisted into the Army Air Forces to fight in World War II. A gunner in a B-17 Bomber, his plane was taken down in enemy territory. He was captured in Germany and spent 16 months as a prisoner of war.