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Father Emil Kapaun was a Kansas priest and Korean War hero from Pilsen who led an extraordinary life and may be on the road to sainthood. He has been nominated for the Medal of Honor and could become just the third American-born Roman Catholic saint.
Now available: A full-length documentary on Father Kapaun featuring some of the soldiers he saved during the Korean War and a young athlete from Sedgwick County who believes Kapaun saved his life last year. Watch trailer No. 1 or trailer No. 2.
The Miracle of Father Kapaun DVD is now available for $19.95. Order your copy online.
You also can purchase DVDs at the customer service counter at The Wichita Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The DVD will be $19.95 there also, and subscribers can receive a $2 discount.
The Eagle will be selling a reprint of The Miracle of Father Kapaun newspaper series for $2. The reprints will be available at the customer service counter at The Wichita Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
You can also buy the reprint by downloading this PDF of the order form and mailing it in. Copies are $4 through the mail, which includes shipping and handling. Click here for the order form.
Chase Kear does not seem at first glance to be the poster boy for a Vatican investigation involving sainthood. He chews a little dip, hits targets at turkey shoots, listens to country music when he rolls. In his Facebook profile photo he dresses the part of a halfnaked bandito in a sombrero. He’s a self-described redneck; also foolish and drunk and stupid at times in the past, he says, though less so since his accident.
Frank Noel, a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer and former photographer at The Wichita Eagle, was among the men imprisoned with Father Emil Kapaun in North Korea.
Many honors came Father Kapaun's way after the war, including those in official ceremonies and those in more quiet ways.
Chase Kear visits the hometown and of Korean War hero Father Emil Kapaun, the man who he believes intervened from heaven to help save his life.
Chester Osborne, whose life Father Emil Kapaun saved, was a fellow prisoner in the Korean War.
Soldiers from Maryland, New York, Missouri and South Carolina remember the months they spent in a North Korean POW camp with Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen.
Historic snapshots of Kapaun's childhood, home, family farm and relatives.
American troops, battle scenes, tanks and more from the Korean War.
From a wedding portrait of Kapaun's parents to items returned to Kapaun's family after his death, see relics now on display in his small hometown.
Images of Father Emil Kapaun's religious service, which began when he was a new assistant pastor in Pilsen, Kan.
Father Emil Kapaun in portraits and battlefield snapshots during World War II, the Korean War and more.
Memorabilia of Father Emil Kapaun on display at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School.
Meet The Wichita Eagle journalists behind the documentary and series The Miracle of Father Kapaun.
