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| Following the emotional experience at the Knoll, we moved onto the site of Operation Union ll where on 2 June 1967, I was wounded in a large battle. As we traveled there, deep off of the highway on a dirt road, we came across what we would call a subdivision! There in the middle of nowhere were all new homes built to the same code of all other Vietnamese homes, 15 feet wide and 60 feet long.
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| Of Father Capodanno's involvement in Operation Swift, John Lobur has said " I did not see Father when we embarked and I did not notice him anywhere as we approached the shooting. I assumed he was with Lieutenant Murray who was our company commander at the time." Typically a chaplain would remain with the command post as he- like the skipper, a corpsmen, air and artillery forward observers and radiomen- were not expected to run right up the gut like we were.
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| On Thursday, September 3 at 7 p.m. a dedicated band of people will gather in the crypt church of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington to honor a man who may some day be declared a saint. Archbishop Timothy M. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services will be main celebrant of the Mass - an annual event - which this year falls on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the death of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, M.M., the "Grunt Padre."
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| It is a great joy to send this update to you who have demonstrated sincere respect and love for Fr. Capodanno and heartfelt support for his canonization cause. The virtuous life and heroic death of this good and holy priest have inspired a wide range of people throughout the world. Many of you have written detailing personal accounts of how Fr. Capodanno has touched your lives - you have requested prayer cards to distribute as you share the story of the Maryknoll missionary and Navy chaplain who consistently reflected Christ to all who knew him. You have sought his assistance in life's challenges, and your testimonies describing his intercession in those situations reflect that he remains a powerful example of leading people closer to God. Soldiers recovering from amputations and life threatening injuries at Bethesda Naval and Walter Reed Hospitals, parents of a toddler facing brain surgery, a Viet Nam War veteran's widow coping with his unexpected death, a young priest suffering with a blood disease, a dying teacher hoping to live long enough to attend her daughter's wedding have all have turned to this Servant of God for physical healing and spiritual comfort.
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