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Fr. Kapaun with his parents Bessie and Enos, date unknown.

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Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass with chaplain's assistant Patrick J. Schuler, using the hood of a Jeep as his altar Oct 7, 1950. Kapaun was taken prisoner just a month later and died in a North Korean POW camp in less than a year.

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Col. R. A. Skeehan / Courtesy Photo

In this undated photo released by the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest and Army chaplain shows his pipe which was shot our of his mouth by a sniper during the Korean conflict. Kapaun, already under consideration for sainthood has won the endorsement of the Army's top civilian leader to receive the Medal of Honor.

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Fr. Kapaun in Korea in fall of 1950.

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A young Fr. Kapaun in World War II

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Formal portrait of Fr. Kapaun during World War II.

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From left. Fr. Kapaun, Fr. Blatz, Fr. Quinn, Fr. Bowdern. A note the back reads "The 4 horesmen. We Fathers came overseas together."

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Fr. Kapaun bottom row, right, World War II.

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Father Kapaun poses for a photo with another officer in Miami. Date unknown

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From left, Fr. Flatley, Fr Kapaun and Fr. Way in Bhamo, Burma

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Fr. Kapaun far right in Burma

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Fr Kapaun, August 1944 on leave in Pilsen.

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Fr. Kapaun (bottom right, with helmet) coverses with soldiers in Korea. Date unknown

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Wichita Diocese / Courtesy Photo

Fr. Kapaun next to his pup tent somewhere in Korea, Aug 1950.

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Wichita Diocese / Courtesy Photo

Fr. Kapaun conducting a field Mass on the hood of his jeep somewhere west of Taegu, Korea on August 11, 1950.

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Ray Skeehan / Courtesy Photo

Fr. Kapaun prepares to conduct a field Mass on the hood of his jeep. August of 1950.

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Wichita Diocese / Courtesy Photo

Father Emil Kapaun repairing his bicyle Aug 11, 1950. Col. Skeehan notes on this photo that Fr. Kapaun carried apples in his canteen cover.

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Col. R. A. Skeehan

One of the two iconic photographs of Father Emil Kapaun shows him and another soldier carrying an exhausted GI off a battlefield in Korean, 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 Cavalry regiment.

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Acme Photo