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He and the soldiers were taken pris prisoner, he negotiated for wounded soldiers to be given medical treatment and prevented fellow soldiers from being executed and once he was in the p.o.w. camp, he tended to the sick, the wounded, he scoured for food and built fires and a mechanism to help clean their clothing and provide purified water even though he was punished for doing that. father emil died of his own wounds and maltreatment in a prison camp. not only is he honored by the president, megy...

>> reporter: in the winter of 1950, the korean war was tough going for often overwhelmed u.s. troops. here on the right, an extraordinary soldier who never fired a shot. and now more than 60 years after his death, he is severing the medal of honor. the nations highest award for valor in action. for father capon, an army chaplin, the sole weapon, faith. mike dow now 85 was a young lieutenant. you still to this day keep his photo on the wall? >> yeah. that one picture is the one i like of him hold...

Hed helped the wounded soldier hop on one leg. when other prisoners stumbled, he picked them up. when they wanted to quitnoing that stragglers would be shot, he begged them to keep walking. in the camps that winter deep in the valley men could freeze to death in their sleep. father kapaun offered them his own clothes. they starved on tiny rations of militant corn and birdseed. he somehow snuck past the guards, forged to nearby fields around returned with rice and potatoes. in desperate some men ...

Friendly element, chat lynn kapaun calmly walked through enemy fire in order to provide aid to the wounded in no-mans land. though they repelled the assault they found themselves surrounded by enemy. the able-bodied men were ordered to evacuate. however, chaplain kapaun ehe elected to stay behind with the wounded. in the early morning hours of november 2nd, he made round and hand-to-hand combat ensued. at chinese communist forces approached the american position, chaplain kapaun noticed a wounde...

Led away, he saw another american, wound, unable to walk, laying in a ditch, defenseless. an enemy soldier was standing over him. rifle aimed at his head ready to shoot. and father kapaun marched over and pushed the enemy soldier aside. and then as the soldier watched, stunned, father kapaun carried that wound american away. this is the valor we honor today. an american soldier who didnt fire a gun but who wielded the mightiest weapon of all. the love for his brothers so pure that he was willing...

Foxholes under enemy fire, refusing to leave the field of battle, to instead care for the wounded, he was captured and died in captivity at a chinese hospital. as the senate moves forward with the fracture tuesday debate over gun control. senators are crafting a bipartisan immigration proposal that they hope will face less opposition in congress once that plan is finally unveiled next week. joining me to talk about it "u.s.a. todays" immigration reporter and the national editor of the cook pol...

Of. and i said im mike do you liw, your name? >> he said capon. >> his nephew is accepting the medal in part for the men who were there. >> even though this medal of honor is for him, it is for these guys, too. they didnt want to die. >> reporter: stories of a priest rescuing the wounded. >> didnt matter there were mortar shells falling around him. >> reporter: mike dow survived being a pow because of farther capon. >> he was able to ingender a spirit of loyalty and meaningfulness to being a cap...

Barbara star has the story of an unsung hero. >> reporter: in the winter of 1950, the korean war was tough going for often overwhelmed u.s. troops. here on the right, an extraordinary soldier who never fired a shot. and now more than 60 years after his death, he is severing the medal of honor. the nations highest award for valor in action. for father capon, an army chaplin, the sole weapon, faith. mike dow now 85 was a young lieutenant. you still to this day keep his photo on the wall? >> yeah. ...

And asked people if they lost a dog, and everybody looked at me confused. i didnt know what to do. i knew this dog needed to go to a vet, because he was bleeding pretty bad. >> he calls his sister keira for help. she also lives in sarasota and by coincidence is at the beach just a few hundred yards from the mystery dog. the dog appears to be a vizsla and they conclude he must have an owner. she takes the wounded retrieve tore a vet, where hes treated and scanned for an implanted microchip. it tu...

>> the pilots are begging sort of themselves and begging the higher power that hell get up and grab a weapon so that they can fire on him again. >> come on, buddy. >> all you have to do is pick up a weapon. >> when you listen to the audio, when you go through the entire thing and listen to its in its entirety, you get a sense of detachment, almost, dare i say it, a video game. >> in the meantime, a van drives into the scene. >> bush master crazy horse, we have individuals going to the scene, loo...