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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School.

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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. The Kansas native died a prisoner of war in 1951. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is petitioning the Vatican to have Kapaun declared a saint.

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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean War, where he died a prisoner of war in 1951.

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A photograph of Father Emil Kapaun, right, helping a wounded soldier is on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School.

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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean War, where he died a prisoner of war in 1951. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is petitioning the Vatican to have Kapaun declared a saint.

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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean War, where he died a prisoner of war in 1951. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is petitioning the Vatican to have Kapaun declared a saint.

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Father Emil Kapaun served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where he died a prisoner of war in 1951.

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Father Emil Kapaun repairing a bicycle tire on Aug. 11, 1950.

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Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass with this jeep hood as an altar on Oct 7, 1950. Kapaun was captured by Chinese troops during the Korean War on Nov. 2, 1950. Kapaun died in a prison camp May 23, 1951, at age 35.

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Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School.

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