Kapaun receives Medal of Honor
Brig. Gen. C.K. Hyde, 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chaplain (Col.) Marc Gauthier, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, command chaplain, lay a wreath for Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, recognizing him as a Medal of Honor recipient, April 11, 2013, Kapaun, Germany. Kapaun was awarded the medal for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1950 to May 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Caitlin O’Neil-McKeown)