SLIDESHOW: Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun

By U.S. ArmyMay 6, 2013

Kapaun playing baseball with school children
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Kapun carries Soldier
2 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Father Emil Kapaun (right) and a doctor carry an exhausted Soldier off a battlefield in Korea, early in the war. The photo shows Kapaun to the GI's left. The soldier on the GI's right side was Capt. Jerome A. Dolan, a medical officer with the 8th Ca... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Kapaun repairs his bicycle
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Emi Kapaun and his mother
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Kapaun celebrates Mass
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Kapaun writes a letter
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Kapaun circa 1943
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Kapaun celebrating Mass Jeepside
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Kapaun conducts a field Mass
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Prison Camp Number 5
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Kapaun Family
11 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Chaplain Emil Kapaun with his parents Elizabeth (Bessie) and Enos sometime during WWII. Enos Kapaun was born in 1880 in Czechoslovakia. His family immigrated to the United States when Enos was seven. Elizabeth was born in Wakeeney, Kan. in 1895. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun portrait
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Kapaun celebrates Mass in 1942
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Kapaun in Seminary School
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Ray Kapaun readies for White House ceremony
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Obamas arrive at ceremony
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Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun awarded the Medal of Honor
17 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Chaplain (Major General) Donald Rutherford, U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, delivers the invocation at the Medal of Honor ceremony for Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun. President Obama postumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Chaplain Kapaun for his ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun awarded the Medal of Honor
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Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun awarded the Medal of Honor
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Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun awarded the Medal of Honor
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Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun inducted into the Hall of Heroes
21 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ray Kapaun (center) prepares to accept the Medal of Honor citation and photo of his uncle, Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun as (from left) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of the Army John McHugh, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun inducted into the Hall of Heroes
22 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ray Kapaun displays the Medal of Honor citation and photo of his uncle, Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun as (from left) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno applaud and Sgt... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL