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A close-up of a page in a Bible carried by (then) U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess while he was a prisoner of war during the Korean War for 34 months, photographed in his home in Clemson, S.C. Sept. 21, 2016. He wrote on the page after his first night of captivity. It reads: “Battalion in defense. My platoon in rear. Battalion flanked and hit from rear. All 3rd and 4th platoons killed or captured. Shot through right foot. Painful. Surrounded and captured. Walked from 3am to 8am. Spent day in gulley. Walked all night.” Funchess was held in the same prison compound and became very close to Army Chaplain Father Emil J. Kapaun, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2013 for his acts of courage and compassion as a prisoner of war. Funchess and Kapaun read from this Bible together on many occasions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2016 14:49 |
| Photo ID: | 2973355 |
| VIRIN: | 160921-A-ZU930-012 |
| Resolution: | 3600x2400 |
| Size: | 6.77 MB |
| Location: | CLEMSON, SC, US |
| Hometown: | CLEMSON, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 95 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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