An American hero from the Korean War
Posted: April 6th, 2013, 4:58 pm
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Published April 06, 2013
Associated Press
In this Aug. 11, 1950 photo provided by Col. Raymond A. Skeehan via the U.S. Army, the Rev. Emil Kapaun repairs his bicycle in Korea. (AP)
In the cold, barren hills of Korea more than 60 years ago, two teary-eyed soldiers stood in a prisoner of war camp where their chaplain lay dying.
The Rev. Emil Kapaun was weak, his body wracked by pneumonia and dysentery. After six brutal months in the hellish camp, the once sturdy Kansas farmer's son could take no more. Thousands of soldiers had already died, some starving, others freezing to death. Now the end was near for the chaplain.
