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    Emil Joseph Kapaun (April 20, 1916 – May 23, 1951) was a Roman Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain...
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  • president of the Illinois State Senate Emil Jones, III (born 1978), American politician, Illinois Senate member Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Roman Catholic priest...
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    school publications, and clubs. Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School was named after Chaplain Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Wichita Diocese who served...
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    labor. In 1924, an eleven-room rectory was built. In the early 1940s, Emil Kapaun was pastor at the church and assisted Father Sklenar. A post office existed...
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    1950), and Robert M. McGovern (30 January 1951). 8th Cavalry Regiment: Emil Kapaun (1 and 2 November 1950) Tibor Rubin (23 July 1950, to 20 April 1953)...
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    the 1950s on many television anthology series. He was cast as Father Emil Kapaun in the 1955 episode "The Good Thief" in the ABC religion anthology series...
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    Obama presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army chaplain Captain Emil Kapaun for his actions as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. This follows...
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    American College. In 1993, he initiated the cause of canonization for Emil Kapaun, a US Army chaplain killed during the Korean War. In 2006, O'Brien noted...
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    Chaplain (LCDR) Joseph T. O'Callahan, USN (World War II); Chaplain (CPT) Emil Kapaun, USA (Posthumous, Korean War); Chaplain (LT) Vincent Capodanno, USN (Posthumous...
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    1794 1953 martyred during French Revolution Eliswa Vakayil 1831 2008 Emil Kapaun 1951 1993 U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War Emilia Anne Wojtyła...
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  • 2016-07-27 Conrado Yap † Philippine Army, PEFTOK Captain 2018-07-27 Emil Kapaun † United States Army Captain 2021-07-27 Ralph Puckett Jr. United States...
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    Heying (18 February 2020). "Kapaun sainthood could soon be one step closer". The Wichita Eagle. "US army chaplain Emil Kapaun advancing toward sainthood"...
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    Black Elk Demetrius Gallitzin Julia Greeley John Hardon Isaac Hecker Emil Kapaun Eusebio Francisco Kino Mary Elizabeth Lange Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Joseph...
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    Gabreski Harold K. Johnson Sam Johnson Shoshana Johnson George Juskalian Emil Kapaun Jessica Lynch Walker M. Mahurin John McCain Patrick Miller Richard O'Kane...
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    Kaempfert – German orchestra conductor in WWII at a Danish POW camp Emil Kapaun – Roman Catholic priest in US Army, Medal of Honor recipient, Servant...
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  • soldier's attire[citation needed] Emil Kapaun Chaplain cross, combat boots, Mass vestments Rosary[citation needed] Emil Szramek martyr's palm, rosary[citation...
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    Infantry Division Sacrificed his life by smothering a grenade with his body Emil Kapaun † Army O-03Captain, US Army Chaplain Corps Pyoktong, North Korea May...
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    pain but tears of joy, because I'll be with my God in a short time." — Emil Kapaun, United States Army Roman Catholic chaplain and Medal of Honor recipient...
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    Washington, Class of 2010. Inspired by the actions of Captain Chaplain Emil Kapaun, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, Spencer requested...
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  • established on 1340 AM in Pittsburg, it now phonetically represents Emil Kapaun, a chaplain from Pilsen who died in a prisoner of war camp in the Korean...
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    in its wild cattle-town days. US Army Chaplains John H. Eastwood and Emil Kapaun were stationed at Herington Army Airfield for part of their tour of duty...
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    1959), Southern Baptist Convention evangelist and pastor; Overland Park Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Army chaplain Korean War, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient...
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    American College. In 1993, he initiated the cause of canonization for Emil Kapaun, a US Army chaplain killed while in captivity during the Korean War....
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    Brungardt Paul Stagg Coakley James D. Conley Ronald Michael Gilmore Emil Kapaun Shawn McKnight Ignatius Jerome Strecker John Henry Tihen Catholicism...
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    needed] Nathan Johnson (1926–2021), African American modernist architect Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Roman Catholic priest and Medal Of Honor recipient United...
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    east on U.S. Route 56 from Herington. Chaplains John H. Eastwood and Emil Kapaun were both stationed at Herington Air Base for a period of time. Kansas...
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    Shawn McKnight, appointed Bishop of Jefferson City in 2017 Reverend Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), US Army chaplain, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient...
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    Brungardt Paul Stagg Coakley James D. Conley Ronald Michael Gilmore Emil Kapaun Shawn McKnight Ignatius Jerome Strecker John Henry Tihen Catholicism...
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    Brungardt Paul Stagg Coakley James D. Conley Ronald Michael Gilmore Emil Kapaun Shawn McKnight Ignatius Jerome Strecker John Henry Tihen Catholicism...
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