{"id":16356,"date":"2016-11-10T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=16356"},"modified":"2016-11-10T10:44:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:44:06","slug":"the-unbreakable-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/the-unbreakable-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unbreakable Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide_up'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='16359'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide_up-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 80.1333333333%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/william-h-funchess_29802829474_o-1500x1202.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_bottom\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >The Unbreakable Tiger<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16356'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p class=\" \">U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Funchess watched from the other bank as Chinese soldiers approached the river, undressed, and swam across naked, holding weapons and clothes over their heads. Once they hit his side of the river, they shook the freezing water off their skin, dressed, and ran into the forest \u2013 one after the other after the other. Thousands of them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\" \">It was November 4, 1950. When Funchess radioed the brass back at headquarters to tell them what he had seen, they told him he was mistaken. There were no Chinese soldiers in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">\u201cThe final instructions from battalion headquarters was &#8211; if Chinese soldiers are in Korea, they\u2019re protecting hydroelectric plants. Under no conditions will you fire on a Chinese national,\u201d said Funchess. \u201cBefore the day ended, I had been struck by machine gun fire, and I was a POW of the Chinese army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">He remained a prisoner for nearly three years \u2013 34 months to be exact \u2013 enduring unimaginable torment at their hands. 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