Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Maj. Michael Scott Finch, operations officer with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division served as pallbearer for Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun's funeral. Finch conducts the final honors of saluting the coffin, symbolizing the final time Chaplain Kapaun would be saluted before being interned. Kapaun served with 3-8 Cav, during the Korean War and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Col. Nicholas Sinclair, commander of 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division presents the folded flag taken off the coffin of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun to Kapaun’s nephew, Ray Kapaun. Kapaun served with 3-8 Cav, during the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions. Kapaun arrived home after the Defense POW/MIA......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Soldiers from 1st Cavalry Division's honor guard presented the colors for Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun's funeral. Kapaun served with 3-8 Cav, during the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions. Kapaun arrived home after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified Chaplain Kapaun’s previously unaccounted for remains on March 2, 2021....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Maj. Michael Scott Finch, operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division served as the pallbearer officer in charge. Finch hands the folded flag taken off of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun's coffin, to Col. Nicholas Sinclair, commander of 3-8 Cav. Kapaun served with 3-8 Cav, during the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division served as pallbearers for Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun's funeral. Kapaun served with 3-8 Cav, during the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions. Kapaun arrived home after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified Chaplain Kapaun’s previously......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division lead a horse-drawn caisson procession for Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun, to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Chaplain Kapaun served in 3-8 Cav and was taken as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, his remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on March 2, 2021....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.29.2021
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division lead a horse-drawn caisson procession for Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun, to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Chaplain Kapaun served in 3-8 Cav and was taken as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, his remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on March 2, 2021....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hart | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.25.2021
Family, friends and supporters look on as Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun rests at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church Sep. 25 in his hometown of Pilsen, Kansas. Chaplain Kapaun began his journey home after his remains were identified more than 70 years after his passing. Kapaun arrived home after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified Chaplain Kapaun’s previously......
