 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo yeKorea, Michaelis akatungamirira 27th Infantry Regiment Wolfhounds pamuganhu wePusan, nokuda kwaakagamuchira Distinguished Service Cross. Pakuvamba muhondo, mapoka mazhinjisa eAmerica aiwanzoputsika ndokudzokera shure. Zvisinei, General Matthew Ridgway aidavira kuti chikwata chake chaifamba zviri nani zvikuru, nokuti Colonel Michaelis akanga ari mutungamiriri wezvikepe zvepamhepo uye naizvozvo haana kuvhunduka pose apo chikwata chake chaiva mungozi yokukomberedzwa. Chero bedzi chikwata chake chaichengetedza kuvimbika kwechikwata neminda yemoto inobatanidza, ipapo chaigona kutarisana nekukomberedzwa uye kubviswa sezvo vaigona kugoverwazve kubva mumhepo. Yaifanira kuva chinyorwa chinokosha chakashandiswa naRidgway mukuita kwake kweHondo yeKorea kamwe paakatora mutungamiri kubva kuMukuru weHondo Douglas MacArthur. Mutemo waRidgeway waive wekuva mumwe we Hapanazve kudzokera shure uye akatsvaga kuwana mamwe mauto akawanda saMichaelis sezvo hondo yakaenderera mberi. Kutaura zvazviri, nguva pfupi Ridgeway atora mutungamiri, akatanga kuvandudza tsika dzechiuto nokutumira mauto kuchamhembe, kutanga neuto raMichael, pasi pechirongwa chinonzi Operation Wolfhound mukuremekedzwa kwavo. Chikwata chaMichael chakatanga nhambo itsva yehondo iyo yakatanga kuchinja kwakakwana kwemauto eUN. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general muna 1951. 