The arm of the church serving U.S. Armed Forces and veterans hospitals is one of the few Catholic groups that has not created ...

he was granted permission by Bishop Christian Winkelmann to become a U.S. Army chaplain. Outside of the U.S., Kapaun was assigned to posts in Burma and India in the final years of World War II and ...

In a ceremony filled with heartfelt sentiment, Chaplain Simon Jackson of the Joint Munitions Command was officially ...

A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...

One is about the “offering of life” of Fr Emil Joseph Kapaun, a United States Army Chaplain who died at the age of 36 on 23 May 1951 in a prison camp in Pyokton, a city north of Pyongyang ...

For the latest news, view USA TODAY's story on the pope for ... who served as a U.S. Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in 1951.

The Nevada National Guard, United Veterans Legislative Council and Nevada Department of Veterans Services sponsor Veterans ...

Four veterans of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division traveled from across the country to see each other and visit the National Medal of Honor Museum.

World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped geopolitics, ...

Ordained in 1940 as a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, Father Kapaun served as a U.S. Army chaplain in World War II and in the Korean War with the ... Venerable Emil Kapaun, pray for us!” ...