FR. EMIL KAPAUN, ARMY CHAPLAIN IN KOREA AND MOH RECIPIENT
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CAPTURED AND CONFINED
Captured on November 2, 1950, by North Korean-Chinese Soldiers, Father Kapaun was confined at Prison Camp #5, Pyoktong, North Korea until his death, at the hands of his captors, on May 23, 1951. Granted the title of “Servant of God” by the Catholic Church Father Kapaun is the Most Decorated Chaplain in US military history.
In April of 2013, President Obama awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Father Kapaun.
THE MIRACLE OF FATHER KAPAUN
Join Veterans Radio Host Bob Gould and guests: Father John Hotze, Priest, and Judicial Vicar for the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Roy Wenzl, national award-winning reporter for the Wichita Eagle and co-author of The Miracle of Father Kapaun, and William “Bill” Funchess, soldier and fellow POW who was there at Camp 5, all together to honor a great humanitarian.