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HEROIC ARMY CHAPLAIN, CPT. EMIL KAPAUN, KOREA, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FELLOW SOLDIERS
HEROIC ARMY CHAPLAIN, CPT. EMIL KAPAUN, KOREA, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FELLOW SOLDIERS

HEROIC ARMY CHAPLAIN, CPT. EMIL KAPAUN, KOREA, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FELLOW SOLDIERS

$ 3.16

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NO!
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: New
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • CHOSE TO REMAIN WITH WOUNDED & DYING: RATHER THAN EVACUATE-DIED AS A POW
  • Modified Item: No
  • Conflict: Korea (1950-53)

    Description

    CACHED COVER, FRONT AND BACK - HONORING
    MEDAL OF HONOR
    RECIPIENT,
    U.S. ARMY CHAPLAIN CORPS
    CAPTAIN EMIL J. KAPAUN,
    ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN OF 3RD BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION.
    (PURPLE HEART STAMP IS NOT DAMAGED AS IT APPEARS IN LISTING PHOTO).
    ON 1-2 NOVEMBER, 1950 DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST HEAVILY ARMED ENEMY
    CHINESE FORCES, FATHER KAPAUN DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY
    DISREGARDING THE WITHERING SMALL ARMS, AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE, HE CALMLY WALKED ABOUT THE BATTLEFIELD ADMINISTERING LAST RITES TO THE DYING AND GIVING MEDICAL AID TO THE WOUNDED. THOUGH HIS UNIT SUCCESSFULLY REPELLED THE ASSAULT, THE AMERICANS FOUND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED. TO AVOID ANNIHILATION, ABLE- BODIED MEN WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE. HOWEVER, FATHER KAPAUN, FULLY AWARE OF CERTAIN CAPTURE, ELECTED TO STAY BEHIND WITH THE WOUNDED. HE WAS EVENTUALLY CAPTURED AND DIED IN AN ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.
    BY HIS HEROIC CONDUCT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND HIS INSPIRING EXAMPLE, CAPTAIN KAPAUN UPHELD THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF THE U. S. MILITARY SERVICE, AND GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM. FRONT CACHET HAS 3 PHOTOS, HIS UNIT INSIGNIA, THE MEDAL OF HONOR, ARMY SERVICE CROSS, LEGION OF MERIT, BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART., ALL WITH PERTINENT TEXT. COVER IS FR
    ANKED WITH  THE
    'PURPLE HEART' STAMP, &
    CANCELED, "MAR 13, 2021, WEST POINT, NY".
    REVERSE CACHET IS HIS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION.
    UN-ADDRESSED, AND POLY SLEEVE ENCLOSED.
    NICE,
    INEXPENSIVE SOUVENIR FOR THE MILITARY HISTORIAN.
    USCS MEMBER # 11835, COVER # 3 OF 10, TOP SARGE CACHET.