Soldiers remember Father Kapaun

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Soldiers remember Father Kapaun

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Robert McGreevy of Cumberland, Md., spent several months in a North Korean POW camp with Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen.

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Bob McGreevy's high school football photo. A year later he was in a North Korean POW camp.

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Mike Dowe spent several months in a North Korean prisoner of war camp with Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen.

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Mike Dowe's West Point graduation photo.

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Herbert Miller of Pulaski, N.Y., was about to be executed by a North Korean soldier during the Korean War when his life was saved by Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen. The two spent several months together in a prison camp near the Chinese border.

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Herbert Miller of Pulaski, N.Y., looks at a photograph of the North Korean POW camp he spent three years in during the Korean War. Miller was about to be executed by a North Korean soldier during when his life was saved by Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen. The two spent several months together in a prison camp near the Chinese border.

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Bob Wood of O'Fallon, Mo., spent several months in a North Korean POW camp with Father Emil Kapaun in the winter of 1950/51.

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Bob Wood's military picture after returning from Korea.

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This brass spoon hangs on the wall of Bob Wood's home in O'Fallon, Mo., to remind him of the time he spent in a North Korean POW camp in the early 1950's. Wood spent several months in the camp with Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen.

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Herb Miller's marriage photo before he became a prisoner in Korea.

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A wooden comb William Funchess used in a North Korean POW camp.

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William Fuchess of Clemson, S.C., spent several months in a North Korean POW camp with Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen.

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William Funchess as a young army officer.