Records of the White House Photo Office (Obama Administration), 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017. Presidential Photographs, 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017. President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama and the Family of Chaplain Emil K. Kapaun in the Oval Office, 4/11/2013.

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Records of the White House Photo Office (Obama Administration), 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017. Presidential Photographs, 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017. President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama and the Family of Chaplain Emil K. Kapaun in the Oval Office, 4/11/2013.

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Original caption: President Barack Obama holds Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun's Easter stole as he and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the Kapaun's family members in the Oval Office prior to a ceremony to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Chaplain Kapaun in the East Room of the White House, April 11, 2013. Participants include: Ray Kapuan, nephew; Lee Kapaun, Ray's spouse; Angie Gerlach, niece; Susan Chin, Angie's daughter; Kavid Kapaun, nephew; David Kapaun Jr., David's son; Kristina Roberts, David's daughter; David Roberts, David's son-in-law; and Kenney Kapaun, nephew.

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Kapaun, Emil, 1916-1951

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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.S. 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, which began his road to sainthood. In 2008, the Cause for the Cano...