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A priest blesses a kneeling man beside a Jeep in a field.

Celebrating Mass

In Korea, Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun celebrates Mass while using the hood of his Jeep as an altar; his assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, kneels in prayer on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before Kapaun was taken prisoner.

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