their families organized mass prayers, not just to god and jesus but someone in kansas thought of being a saint already even if it's not official yet. they prayed to a kansas farm boy who became a priest at age 24, called to serve as an army chaplain in the korean war. he never came home from the korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 60 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. >> reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, kapaun rode a bicycle straight into combat.
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