The Miracle of Father Kapaun

Introduction - Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying

What soldiers say Kapaun did is so heroic that it defies believability.

The Battle of Unsan - Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying

November 1 is All Saints' Day on the Catholic Church calendar. On that day in North Korea in 1950, U.S. Army chaplain Father Emil Kapaun celebrated four Masses for soldiers in the Third Battalion of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment and went to bed early in his pup tent south of the village of Unsan.

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