Rebekah Buskuhl hugs Paul Roe, her father, Aug. 4, 2026, after petitioning the Oregon Department of Corrections to award him the Medal of Valor for his actions 26 years before. (Berit Thorson/East Oregonian)At Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Aug. 4, 2026, Superintendent David Pedro, left, and Department of Corrections director Michael Reese, right, award former corrections officer Paul Roe, center, with the Medal of Valor for his actions during an incident in 2000. An honor, two decades lateBack in 2000, the institution started paperwork to honor Roe for his actions that early spring day. The state decided to rectify the oversight, hosting an award ceremony for Roe at the prison Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 4. “The Oregon Department of Corrections deeply appreciates your service, and today we appropriately recognize your courage in the face of imminent danger with the Medal of Valor.”