WASHINGTON D.C. – Kansas Senators and Representatives are encouraging the United States Department of Defense to award a Kansan with a Medal of Honor. Father Emil Kapaun of Pilsen, KS served as a chaplan of the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the First Army Division in the Korean War. His time was spent doing selfless acts, such as caring for wounded soldiers, and escaping a prison camp to bring back food for starving prisoners, until his death in 1951. U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran and U.S. Representatives Tim Huelskamp, Lynn Jenkins, Kevin Yoder and Mike Pompeo sent a joint letter yesterday to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to encourage the posthumous honoring of Father Emil Kapaun.
Friday, January 27, 12:36 P.M.
