Tag Archives: Chase Kear
Father Emil Kapaun, Shepherd in Combat Boots
Kapaun one day walked into a hut and took an apparently dying prisoner in his arms. Chester Osborne Jr. was one of Moose McClain and Dowe’s closest friends, but they saw, with eyes trained by experience, that he would die soon. Kapaun cradled Osborne in his arms, laid Osborne’s head on his shoulder. Kapaun then bluntly told Osborne to quit dying. As a “precaution” he … More →
Servant of God Father Emil Kapaun, Soldier, POW, Priest
In keeping with our CAT theme of honoring great Catholic Americans, the fourth of July brought to my mind the Servant of God, Father Emil Kapaun, whom I had first read about on The American Catholic website. The most highly decorated military chaplain in American history, Father Kapaun died at the hands of the Chinese Reds in a prisoner of war camp during the Korean … More →
