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Emil Joseph Kapaun (April 20, 1916 – May 23, 1951) was a Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then served again as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in Korea, where he was captured.
Father Emil Kapaun was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously and is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. After 70 years, Pentagon identifies remains of Korean War ...
Emil Kapaun is shown celebrating Mass using the hood of his jeep as an altar, as his assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, kneels in prayer in Korea on Oct. 7, 1950. This was less than a month before ...
Kapaun was born in Pilsen in 1916 and ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by the Diocese of Wichita in 1940. He was a captain in the U.S. Army, serving as a chaplain in both World War II and the ...
Reverend Emil J. Kapaun – Served with the Army 1st Cavalry Division in Korea, captured by People's Liberation Army at the Battle of Unsan. Continued his ministry among American prisoners of war, died in captivity in 1951; posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2013. [57] [58] Declared a Servant of God by the Vatican in 1993 ...
Subsequent research has found the KPA command did not directly order its troops to mistreat prisoners [47] or unarmed wounded during the early phase of the war. [42] The Chaplain–Medic massacre and similar atrocities are believed to have been conducted by "uncontrolled small units, by vindictive individuals, or because of unfavorable and ...
That’s why the book includes well-known Kansans such as aviator Earhart; Father Emil Kapaun, who is being considered for sainthood; and the photojournalist, film director and poet Gordon Parks.
Emil Kapaun – Roman Catholic priest in US Army, Medal of Honor recipient, Servant of God candidate for sainthood; George Kenner – German artist interned as a civilian POW in Great Britain and the Isle of Man during WWI, which he documented in 110 paintings and drawings; Tikka Khan – Japanese POW during WWII, Chief of Army Staff of the ...