and at that moment, his chaplain, the unarmed chaplain, who never carried a gun, came out of nowhere, walked right up to the chinese soldier and just pushed the barrel of his rifle aside, picked up the wounded american soldier, put him over his back, and walked him to safety for miles. that act of heroism had a statue made to commemorate it at a church in kansas named for father emil kapaun. and this crucifix carved by another american prisoner in his honor. his acts of heroism not just on the battlefield but once captured in the p.o.w. camp stealing food, carrying the wounded, burying the dead, trading his watch for a blanket to cut into socks for the men freezing to death. those stories are well-known and well-told stories in kansas which led to kansans praying to him for other worldly assistance when they needed it. which has now led to the vatican