Aug 15, 2017
Fifty years after he put himself between a wounded Marine and fatal enemy gunfire, the story of Maryknoll Father Vincent R. Capodanno's faith and sacrifice is being retold in a new movie. The priest was serving a second tour of duty in Vietnam as a Navy chaplain ministering to Marines when he was wounded during a North Vietnamese ambush in the Que Son Valley Sept. 4, 1967. Despite his injuries, he went to the aid of a fellow corpsman who was pinned down by an enemy machine gunner. While he administered medical and spiritual attention, the unarmed chaplain was struck by 27 bullets and died at age 38. Pick up a copy of the Aug. 10 - 24 issue of the Catholic Herald to read the full story, or read more here: http://www.catholicherald.com/News/National___International/Film_recalls_faith_of_Fr__Capodanno/ Narrated by: Ann M. Augherton