U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess (second from
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess (second from right) and some of his fellow prisoners of war stand in new winter uniforms given to them by their Chinese captors in the fall of 1951. The men were being held... More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess is greeted by
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess is greeted by his mother, Daisy Inabinet Funchess, in Columbia, S.C. after being released after nearly three years of captivity during the Korean war. (Photo courtesy of Wi... More
A close-up of a page in a Bible carried by (then) U.S.
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, 20... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, reads
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, reads from a Bible he kept throughout his 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, Sept. 21, 2016. Funchess was held in the same prison compound as... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who endured 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, displays his Clemson University Class of 1948 ring at his home in Clemson, S.C., Sept. 21, 201... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who endured 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, at his home in Clemson, S.C., Oct. 13, 2016. Funchess was held in the same prison compound and... More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess and his wife,
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess and his wife, Sybil, reunite in Columbia, S.C. for the first time in nearly three years after he endured 34 months as a POW in Korea. (Photo courtesy of William Funchess)
A photo of U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess taken
A photo of U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess taken by the Red Cross aboard a U.S. transport ship on the day of his release from a Chinese prisoner of war camp at the end of the Korean War. Funchess endured ... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, reads
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, reads from a Bible he kept throughout his 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, Sept. 21, 2016. Funchess was held in the same prison compound as... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, displays
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, displays his Clemson University Class of 1948 class ring next to his father’s Class of 1920 ring, Sept. 21, 2016. Funchess was commissioned as an infantry offic... More
A close-up of a page in a Bible carried by retired
A close-up of a page in a Bible carried by retired U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess while he was a prisoner of war during the Korean War for 34 months. He wrote on the page after his first night of captivi... More
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William H. Funchess (on radio) and
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William H. Funchess (on radio) and Sgt. O.J. Mixon, both in the 19th Infantry Regiment, maintain cover in a bunker on the bank of the Kum River north of Taejon, South Korea, July, 1950. "That ... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who
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 R... More
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, who endured 34 months as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, describes how he fired and M1 carbine rifle as he and his platoon fought until they were overw... More