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Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who endured 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, holds a photo of himself in a bunker taken during an engagement in July of 1950 near the Kum River north of Taejon, South Korea, Sept. 21, 2016. "That was my first engagement. There were 13 Russian T-34 tanks across the river firing point-blank into us." After his capture on Nov. 4 of that same year, 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. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2016 14:49 |
| Photo ID: | 2973366 |
| VIRIN: | 160921-A-ZU930-020 |
| Resolution: | 3600x2628 |
| Size: | 4.71 MB |
| Location: | CLEMSON, SC, US |
| Hometown: | CLEMSON, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 87 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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