Posted on 09/16/2013 6:52:00 PM PDT by Salvation
9/4/13 |
‘Grunt Padre’ memorialized at Pentagon
A portrait of Fr. Vincent Capodanno is unveiled.
Mike Flach | Catholic Herald
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It started with a simple conversation in mid-July during a pilgrimage to Rome.
Retired Navy Capt. Ted Bronson told Chip and Sharon Lofton of Roxboro, N.C., the inspiring story of Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno.
The Loftons instantly felt inspired to do something to memorialize the U.S. Navy chaplain from Staten Island, N.Y., who died a martyr on a battlefield in Vietnam. They commissioned their friend, artist George Bucannan, to create a portrait based on a holy card sent to them by Bronson.
Bucannan’s portrait was unveiled Aug. 30 at a Pentagon ceremony that included Gen. John M. Paxton, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps; Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, chaplain of the Marine Corps; and Maj. Gen. Mike Regner, staff director at Marine Corps headquarters.
The lower scene of Bucannan’s painting depicts Father Capodanno on the Que Son Valley battlefield, about 35 miles from Danang. He is giving the last rites and medical attention to the wounded and dying “grunts” in their time of pain, sorrow and dying.
In his brief remarks at the Pentagon ceremony, Bronson said that Father Capodanno was first wounded in the shoulder and later his hand before being killed by direct fire shortly after telling a wounded soldier, “Stay calm Marine, someone will be with you shortly. God is with us this day.”
Bronson said that Father Capodanno was killed on the opening day of “Operation Swift,” which was the worst casualty day for Marines during the Vietnam War.
“Father Capodanno was a true ‘Grunt Padre,’” said Bronson. “He died always faithful to his God, his country and his Marines.”
In addition to the new portrait, the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services honored Father Capodanno at a Sept. 4 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The Mass was celebrated on the 46th anniversary of Father Capodanno’s death.
Catholic Ping!
Is there a “Marines” ping list? Anyone?
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Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Chaplain CorpsPlace and date:
3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein)
Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, 4 September 1967
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Now shall I say “Is there a Navy Ping?
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Freema had the Marine ping list but I haven’t seen her post for some time.
When you get off the Verrazano narrows bridge and take the first exit, make the first turn and head south, you’re on Father Capadano Blvd. everyone in Staten Island needs to see this.
Amazing....don’t tell Bloomberg.
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Does America deserve the sacrifice of such men?
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The US political system isn't America. I doubt the Chaplain was thinking about his country during the fight but he apparently thought that the guys he was with (all Americans) were deserving of his efforts.
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