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December 09, 2024
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Are the remains of a potential Korean War Saint in Hawaii?

Emil Kapaun died in a N. Korean prison camp but his body may have been repatriated before 2005

Some surprising news has come to light about the man who could become the first Roman Catholic Saint to emerge from the Korea War.

The remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a U.S. Army Chaplain who died in North Korean captivity, were thought to be in an unmarked grave on the Yalu River near Prison Camp 5 but may actually be in Hawaii.

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