Fallen Korean War chaplain considered for MoH
The Assonated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 13, 2009 6:01:45 EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas priest already under consideration for sainthood has won the endorsement of the Army’s top civilian leader to receive the Medal of Honor.
The Rev. Emil Kapaun was a captain and chaplain in the Army in Korea and taken prisoner in 1950 when his unit was overrun by Chinese soldiers. Kapaun continued to serve the men’s needs, including risking his own life to provide them with food and water amid squalid conditions.
Kapaun, a Roman Catholic, died in a prison camp in 1951.
In one of his final acts as Army secretary, Pete Geren wrote a letter to Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Goddard saying he agreed that Kapaun should be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Kapaun is also being investigated by the Vatican for sainthood.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_moh_chaplain_kapaun_101309/
SHEPHERD IN COMBAT BOOTS
Updated 4/20/2005
On April 3, Veterans Radio (WAAM - Ann Arbor, Michigan - www.veteransradio.net) presented the second in a continuing series of talk radio shows covering the Korean War.
The subject was Father Emil Kapaun, chaplain of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in Korea in 1950.
Father Kapaun was captured in Unsan County, North Korea, on November 2, 1950 and died on May 23, 1951, in Camp #5 on the Yalu River.
Featured on the program was the Reverend John Hotze of the Archdiocese of Wichita, Kansas, Father Kapaun's diocese before he became a military chaplain.
Rev. Hotze presented background information about the pending nomination of Fr. Kapaun for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
The nomination is largely based on Fr. Kapaun's heroic actions on behalf of his fellow prisoners while in captivity.
According to testimony of those who knew him, Fr. Kapaun went all out for God and his fellow POW and forgot himself completely.
http://www.kwva.org/pow_mia/p_050420_shepherd_combat_boots.htm
The Assonated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 13, 2009 6:01:45 EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas priest already under consideration for sainthood has won the endorsement of the Army’s top civilian leader to receive the Medal of Honor.
The Rev. Emil Kapaun was a captain and chaplain in the Army in Korea and taken prisoner in 1950 when his unit was overrun by Chinese soldiers. Kapaun continued to serve the men’s needs, including risking his own life to provide them with food and water amid squalid conditions.
Kapaun, a Roman Catholic, died in a prison camp in 1951.
In one of his final acts as Army secretary, Pete Geren wrote a letter to Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Goddard saying he agreed that Kapaun should be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Kapaun is also being investigated by the Vatican for sainthood.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_moh_chaplain_kapaun_101309/
SHEPHERD IN COMBAT BOOTS
Updated 4/20/2005
On April 3, Veterans Radio (WAAM - Ann Arbor, Michigan - www.veteransradio.net) presented the second in a continuing series of talk radio shows covering the Korean War.
The subject was Father Emil Kapaun, chaplain of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in Korea in 1950.
Father Kapaun was captured in Unsan County, North Korea, on November 2, 1950 and died on May 23, 1951, in Camp #5 on the Yalu River.
Featured on the program was the Reverend John Hotze of the Archdiocese of Wichita, Kansas, Father Kapaun's diocese before he became a military chaplain.
Rev. Hotze presented background information about the pending nomination of Fr. Kapaun for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
The nomination is largely based on Fr. Kapaun's heroic actions on behalf of his fellow prisoners while in captivity.
According to testimony of those who knew him, Fr. Kapaun went all out for God and his fellow POW and forgot himself completely.
http://www.kwva.org/pow_mia/p_050420_shepherd_combat_boots.htm
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