Kapaun continued to selflessly serve his fellow soldiers in the Old Pyoktong prison camp on the south bank of the Yalu River in present-day North Korea. 43 years later, Miller was in attendance at the White House ceremony where Kapaun was awarded the Medal of Honor. He pushed the enemy soldier aside вЂњwith complete disregard for his personal safety and unwavering resolve,вЂќ according to his citation, and carried Miller safely from the ditch where he lay. Moving through the battlefield as prisoner, Kapaun spotted an enemy soldier standing over a wounded Sgt. The chaplain was taken prisoner alongside more than a dozen other soldiers. Kapaun spotted a wounded Chinese officer while the enemy forces advanced and negotiated with him to determine the AmericansвЂ™ terms of safe surrender. Soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combatВ as the enemy pushed into their position and overwhelmed the remaining troops. But Kapaun stayed, knowing he would be captured. Recognizing the unitвЂ™s dire situation, commanders ordered all able-bodied soldiers to evacuate the area. While withering fire rained down around his comrades, Kapaun made his way back and forth across the battlefield to provide medical assistance and last rites to wounded and dying soldiers, according to his Medal of Honor citation. The American troops defended themselves successfully against the initial assault but soon found themselves surrounded. His remains were disinterred and identified on Mar.

Kapaun was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2013. 1, 1950, the unit was attacked by Chinese Communist Forces near the city of Unsan.Д¬haplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun and the members of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division were among the first to enter and travel north through Korea. His heroism and resilient spirit epitomized our Army values of personal courage and selfless service,вЂќ said acting Secretary of the Army John E. вЂњAfter 70 years Chaplain (Capt.) Kapaun has been accounted for. The Korean War Disinterment Project, initiated in 2018, is a seven-phase plan to disinter and identify all of the Korean war remainsВ in the Punchbowl. His remains were among the 867 buried as вЂњUnknownsвЂќ at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, according to a DPAA news release.ДЄlso known as the вЂњPunchbowl,вЂќ the NMCP is the final resting place of many servicemembersвЂ™ unidentified remains. Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who died as a prisoner of war in Korea.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J.

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