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Father Emil Josheph Kapaun celebrating Mass with this jeep hood as an alter, Oct 7, 1950. Kapaun was captured by Chinese troops during the Korean war less than a month later on November 2, 1950. Kapaun died in a prison camp May 23, 1951 at age 35.

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Col. R. A. Skeehan

Photograph of Father Emil Kapaun, right, helping a wounded soldier on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Emil Kapaun, in his first mass photo.

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Father Emil Kapaun repairing his bicyle Aug 11, 1950.

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Col. R. A. Skeehan

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Eugene Kapaun, left, and Bishop Eugene Gerber view the statue honoring Chaplain Emil Kapaun they unveiled at St. John Nepomucene Church in Pilson Sunday, June 30, 2001.

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Dave Williams / The Wichita Eagle

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where 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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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle