Photo by Spc. John Martinez | Secretary of the Army | 04.12.2013
Army Secretary John McHugh speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony at the Pentagon Auditorium in Arlington, Va., April 12, 2013. Former Army Capt. Emil Kapaun, a chaplain, was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Heroes for gallantry during the Korean War while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division from Nov. 1-2, 1950 in Unsan, Korea. (U.S. Army photo......
Photo by Spc. John Martinez | Secretary of the Army | 04.12.2013
Secretary of the Army John McHugh speaks during the Hall of Heroes induction ceremony for former Capt. Emil J. Kapaun at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 12, 2013. The Catholic priest and Army chaplain, who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp in 1951, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama for conspicuous gallantry while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
Chaplain Emil Kapaun conducts a field Mass on the hood of his jeep in Korea, Aug. 11, 1950. It was common practice for Kapaun to travel to the front lines to conduct religious services and offer care and comfort to soldiers. (U.S. Army photo)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
Chaplain Emil Kapaun writing a letter in Korea, circa 1950. During his Army service in World War II and the Korean War, Kapaun was a prolific letter writer. He was often seen writing home or writing letters of condolence to the families of fallen soldiers. (U.S. Army photo)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
The only known surviving photograph of Prison Camp No. 5 in Pyoktong, North Korea, where Chaplain Emil Kapaun was held and died. Several prisoners managed to hold on to cameras upon being captured. Unfortunately, most were confiscated or destroyed during their imprisonment. (U.S. Army photo)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
Chaplain Emil Kapaun fixes a flat on his bicycle in Korea, August 1950. Kapaun often rode this bike from location to location along the fighting lines to visit soldiers. (Photo courtesy Col. Raymond Skeehan)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
This crucifix was carved by Maj. Gerald Fink, United States Marine Corps, in Prison Camp No. 5. Although he arrived at the North Korean prisoner of war camp after U.S. Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun died, Fink was so impressed with the stories fellow prisoners would tell about Kapaun, that he carved the figure in the chaplain's likeness. The crucific was smuggled out of the camp at the end of the......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper | Soldiers Magazine | 04.05.2013
Chaplain Emil Kapaun (right) and a doctor carry an exhausted soldier off the battlefield in Korea, early in the war. The photo shows Kapaun to the GI's left, and Capt. Jerome A. Dolan, a medical officer with the 8th Cavalry regiment, to his right. (Photo courtesy ACME)...
