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Kansas Catholics recall priest s wartime ministry, heroism in POW camp

Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, a Kansas priest and a military chaplain, who died May 23, 1951, in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, is pictured circa 1943. A candidate for sainthood, he died ministering to prisoners of war during the Korean War. (CNS photo/U.S. Army courtesy The Catholic Advance) March 11, 2021 Catholic News Service WICHITA, Kan. William Hansen kept his silence for over 50 years about being one of the POWs who buried Father Emil Kapaun s body after the priest died May 23, 1951. In 2005, Hansen was in his doctor s office at a VA Hospital in Florida when he read an article about the U.S. Army chaplain who died a hero in a North Korean POW camp in Pyongyang.

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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains

Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains

Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains March 5 Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun leads Mass using the hood of his jeep in place of an altar on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before he was captured. (Col. Raymond A. Skeehan via The Wichita Eagle courtesy DPAA via AP) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who died as a prisoner of war in Korea. Kapaun was identified on Mar. 2, the DPAA announced Friday. His remains were among the 867 buried as “Unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, according to a DPAA news release.

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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains

Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains

Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
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