Army 1st Lt. William Funchess, 90, a survivor of 1,038 days as a POW in the Korean war, and Air Force Col. Bill Austin, 80, an F-4 Phantom pilot who was shot down on his 81st mission ever Vietnam and survived 1,986 days as a POW, chat before a POW/MIA recognition ceremony at Clemson University, Oct. 4, 2018. The ceremony was held by Clemson’s Air Force ROTC. (

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