Virginia-based homeschooled students honored Fr. Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain who died in a Korean POW camp, in a ceremony on the anniversary of the heroic act that earned him the Medal of Honor.
A group of homeschooled students from Virginia honored Medal of Honor recipient Fr. Emil Kapaun, a chaplain and Army captain in the Korean War, in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The children belong to Mary's House Homeschool Group, a group of more than 100 Catholic homeschooling families in Loudon and Fairfax counties. About 55 students affiliated with Mary's House attended Wednesday's ceremony.
came upon information about Fr. Kapaun and just thought it was so fascinating and so important for kids, because it's the juncture of God and country,' said Ward. She also said that Kapaun remains an excellent role model for young people — and she hopes they understand 'the need to be selfless in our society, and also understanding that their freedoms not free, that they were paid for by our veterans.' 'They need to honor them and those ideals,' said Ward.
Kapaun opted to stay on the battlefield even though his commanders ordered him to evacuate. 'He chose to stay — gathering the injured, tending to their wounds. When the enemy broke through and the combat was hand-to-hand, he carried on — comforting the injured and the dying, offering some measure of peace as they left this Earth,' said Obama.
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