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POW Medal Presentation
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the Prisoner of War Medal to Staff Sgt. John Fox during a ceremony April 30, 2014, in the Pentagon. Fox and his fellow crew members were shot down flying missions over Germany and were held in a prison camp in Wauwilermoos, Switzerland. The Airmen were denied their POW status for many years, until then Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning authorized the medal for 143 Army Air Corps aviators in October of last year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)