From The Eagle on Thursday, 11 April.
I lived in Wichita, Kansas for eleven plus years. Father Kapaun is a big deal there.
Real Hero. No doubt about that at all...............................
"WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday to an Army chaplain from Kansas who risked his life dodging gunfire to provide medical and spiritual aid to wounded soldiers before dying in captivity more than 60 years ago during the Korean War.
"I can't imagine a better example for all of us, whether in uniform or not in uniform, a better example to follow," Obama said after presenting the nation's highest military award for valor to a nephew of Capt. Emil Kapaun during a ceremony in the White House East Room."
Read the rest at the link: http://www.kansas.com/2013/04/11/2756793/army-chaplain-to-get-medal-of.html#storylink=misearch
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