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He'd helped the wounded soldier hop on one leg. when other prisoners stumbled, he picked them up. when they wanted to quitnoing that stragglers would be shot, he begged them to keep walking. in the camps that winter deep in the valley men could freeze to death in their sleep. father kapaun offered them his own clothes. they starved on tiny rations of militant corn and birdseed. he somehow snuck past the guards, forged to nearby fields around returned with rice and potatoes. in desperate some men hoarded food. he convinced them to share. their bodies were ravaged by dysentery. he grabbed some r...