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FATHER EMIL KAPAUN (1929 – 1967)

AVE BEADS: A remarkable find, beads reminded us of “Camo” (Camouflage), combat uniforms, or “battle dress”

PATER BEADS: 12 mm Antiqued metal filigree with 3 ribbed beads on either side to reminded us of the enemy prison where he died in captivity.

CRUCIFX: DOVE CRUCIFIX – antique, Russia/19c or earlier – (3 in.)

CENTER: ST. MICHAEL – traditional, late 19-20c – (1 in. )

Who Was  EMIL KAPAUN? Emil Joseph Kapaun (April 20, 1916 –  May 23, 1951) His parents were Enos and Elizabeth Kapaun, Czech immigrants. He was raised on a farm in Kansas. After graduation from HS, he went to Conception Abbey seminary college (College of New Engleberg; Conception Seminary College) in Conception, Missouri, in June 1936 and Kenrick Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1940. In 1947, he attended Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

PRISONER OF WAR: Taken prisoner by Chinese soldiers during the Battle of Unsan near Unsan, North Korea(November 2, 1950.)[ Along with Mass, He dug latrines, mediated disputes, gave away his own food, and raised morale among prisoners. He was noted among his fellow POWs as one who would steal coffee and tea (and a pot to heat them in) from the Communist guards. He developed a blood clot in his leg along with dysentery and pneumonia. Weakened he was taken to a “hospital”, which was really a place where he was left alone to die of malnutrition on May 23, 1951. He was buried in a mass grave near the Yalu River.

………When he broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the witness they bore to the word of God.   10  They cried out in a loud voice, “How long will it be, holy and true master, before you sit in judgment and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?” 11  Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to be patient a little while longer until the number was filled of their fellow servants and brothers who were going to be killed as they had been….. REVELATION 6: 9-

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