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Part I: Return to Vietnam, by Operation Swift veteran Steve Lovejoy
"After having consulted with the Holy See, my brother bishops and the faithful, I have verified the widespead reputation of sanctity enjoyed by the late Reverend Vincent Robert Capodanno, of the Society of the Foreign Missions, and Chaplain, United States Navy."
--Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, Official Decree announcing Capodanno as Servant of God
Age three: Vincent junior enjoys a pony ride with brothers Albert and Philip.
Vincent, left, age 8, with brother Albert and a friend. That year, "Vin" received 1st Confession & Holy Communion at St. Michael's…
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Graduating Class from Public School 44, Staten Island, NY. Vincent is standing in the top row, fourth from the left.
High school graduation photo, Staten Island, NY 1947
Eighteen year olds George Driscoll, driver, and young Vincent Capodanno, passenger.
Vincent Capodanno at Maryknoll seminary in Glen Ellyn, IL,
seen in top row, second from right.
Ordination Day at Maryknoll, NY June 14, 1958 with Mother, Rachel Capodanno and siblings.
Newly ordained Fr. Capodanno with mother and others at Maryknoll.
Fr. Vince with his class in Formosa.
Fr. Caopdanno with First Communion Class in Tunglo, October 1962.
Father Capodanno, in Navy uniform, says good bye to family and friends at Newark NJ airport, 1966.
Fr. Capodanno, pictured at Newark, NJ terminal, embarks on his vocation as a military chaplain.
Pictured sitting down, first on the left, at Newport, RI.
Catholic church in Fuc Wa, South Vietnam 1966, near D Company 1st BN, Father Capodanno's battalion.
L-R Roy Baxter, regimental; "Woody" Epps, 3rd BN; Fr. Vince Capodanno, 1st BN; Paul Pearson 2nd BN
Offering a field service in Vietnam
Fr. Capodanno, LT, CHC, USNR, right forefront, provides the sacrament to a wounded Marine in Vietnam. The Marine lived.
One of the last images of Fr. Capodanno, offering Mass the day before he gave his life on the battlefields…
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