Father Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of his jeep as an altar, as his assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, kneels in prayer in Korea on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before Kapaun was taken prisoner. The chaplain died of starvation and illness in a North Korean prison camp in May 1951. AP PHOTO/COL. RAYMOND A. SKEEHAN VIA THE WICHITA EAGLE
Tom Shine ksnewsservice.org The Wichita Catholic Diocese plans to explore whether Father Emil Kapaun died a martyr in a North Korean prisoner of war camp.…
