Barack Obama - U.S. Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun Medal Of Honor Award mp3

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Delivery date of speech: 11 April 2013

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Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea, from November 1st to 2nd, 1950. On November 1st, as Chinese Communist Forces viciously attacked friendly elements, Chaplain Kapaun calmly walked through withering enemy fire in order to provide comfort and medical aid to his comrades and rescue friendly wounded from no-mans land. Chaplain Rutherford: And let us pray together . Emil Joseph Kapaun April 20, 1916 May 23, 1951 was a Roman Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then served again as a chaplain with the U. Army in Korea, where he was captured. He died in a prisoner of war camp. In 1993, Pope John Paul II declared him a Servant of God, the first stage on the path to canonization. President Obama award Chaplain Captain Emil J. Kapaun, U. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry at the White House. Chaplain Kapaun President Barack Obama has posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest US military decoration, on a US Army chaplain who saved the lives of fellow soldiers before perishing in a North Korean prison camp. At a ceremony at the White House, President Obama said Father Emil Kapaun did not fire a gun, but wielded the mightiest weapon of all, a love for his brothers. After contracting dysentery and pneumonia, and after months in near-freezing and starving conditions, Kapaun died in late May 1951 at the age of 35. The BBC's Paul Adams reports. 11 Apr 2013. 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. In November 1950, after Chinese soldiers overran U. troops near Unsan, Kapaun defied orders to evacuate, knowing it meant he would most certainly be captured. Emil Kapaun, accepts the Medal of Honor on his behalf posthumously at the White House in Washington, April 11, 2013. UPIMike Theiler License Photo. WASHINGTON, April 11 UPI - U. President Barack Obama Thursday presented the Medal of Honor to the Rev. Emil J. Kapaun, a U. Army chaplain who died in a Korean War POW camp. In a ceremony at the White House, the president noted it has been 60 years since a truce ended the fighting in Korea and U. prisoners of war were able to come home. Another Medal of Honor to be awarded: On April 11, President Barack Obama will award Chaplain Captain Emil J. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Chaplain Kapaun will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Bat. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry for his actions while serving in the Korean War. President Obama today awarded the nephew of Army chaplain Emil Kapaun with the military's highest honor, 60 years after the Roman Catholic priest died in a North Korean POW camp in Pyoktong. English: President Obama award Chaplain Captain Emil J. Chaplain Kapaun is receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1-2, 1950. April 11, 2013. 11 April 2013. The family of Army Captain Emil J. Kapaun, a Roman Catholic chaplain, will receive the honor at a ceremony at the White House. Kapaun died in captivity after serving in the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division during a battle in Unsan, Korea, in early November 1950. He will become the seventh Army chaplain to be awarded the medal. A White House media release describes the events leading up to a final encounter in which Kapaun saved the life of one of his fellow soldiers after both were being held in a Chinese prison camp