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"For nearly 200 years--standing alongside our heroic military men and women--have been heroic Catholic priests risking their lives to carry wounded soldiers to safety and to console, anoint, and absolve the dying. Heroic Catholic Chaplains spotlights the stories of these courageous, selfless, holy priests who volunteered to bring the Mass and the sacraments to American troops, while also offering them their friendship and spiritual counsel. In this book, you'll encounter... Father William Corby, who left his post at Notre Dame to serve the Irish Brigade during all four years of the Civil War; Father Francis Duffy, a World War I chaplain whose story became the subject of a Hollywood movie; Father Aloysius Schmitt, who, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, saved the lives of a dozen men before losing his own; Monsignor James O'Neill, who composed the famous ""Weather Prayer"" for General Patton, an incident that would be immortalized in film, if not entirely accurately; Father Emil Kapaun, who, during months in a North Korean prison camp, worked tirelessly to save the lives and the souls of his fellow POWs (the process that could lead to Father Kapaun being declared a saint is underway); Father Vincent Capodanno, who was killed by the Viet Cong as he ran to help a wounded corpsman; And more! Heroic Catholic Chaplains brings to the fore the stories of remarkable priests, most of whom have been overlooked by both military and Catholic historians. Their sacrifice and courage are difficult to imagine. They served so that our servicemen and women would not be without comfort, or without a friend, or be deprived of the Mass and the sacraments; so they would not fall into despair. These chaplains deserve to be remembered, their stories told, and their memories honored. Heroic Catholic Chaplains spotlights the stories of these courageous, selfless, holy priests who volunteered to bring the Mass and the sacraments to American troops, while also offering them their friendship and spiritual counsel."

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Craughwell has produced a remarkable book. It succeeds as both military history and Church history. Each chapter tells memorable stories of virtue--bravery, perseverance, and the most profound meaning of the word service. This should be required reading for every Catholic men's group in the country. But women, too, will love it. --Mike Aquilina, EWTN host and author of A Year with the Church Fathers We owe Thomas Craughwell our gratitude for conveying these stories of genuinely heroic priests who, in persona Christi, sacrificed themselves for others in moments of life and death. Our military chaplains truly have been in the spiritual trenches. Kudos to Thomas Craughwell for digging in with them and telling us their stories. --Paul Kengor, PhD, professor of political science at Grove City College Thomas J. Craughwell has proven himself time and again to be not only an excellent historian but a master storyteller--and he has done it again in Heroic Catholic Chaplains. . . . What I love about this book is that you don't have to be a Catholic--or even religious--to enjoy it or appreciate it. This is just great, fascinating, inspiring history. --Jason Emerson, author of Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln

"""Craughwell has produced a remarkable book. It succeeds as both military history and Church history. Each chapter tells memorable stories of virtue--bravery, perseverance, and the most profound meaning of the word service. This should be required reading for every Catholic men's group in the country. But women, too, will love it."" --Mike Aquilina, EWTN host and author of A Year with the Church Fathers ""Thomas J. Craughwell has proven himself time and again to be not only an excellent historian but a master storyteller--and he has done it again in Heroic Catholic Chaplains. . . . What I love about this book is that you don't have to be a Catholic--or even religious--to enjoy it or appreciate it. This is just great, fascinating, inspiring history."" --Jason Emerson, author of Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln ""We owe Thomas Craughwell our gratitude for conveying these stories of genuinely heroic priests who, in persona Christi, sacrificed themselves for others in moments of life and death. Our military chaplains truly have been in the spiritual trenches. Kudos to Thomas Craughwell for digging in with them and telling us their stories."" --Paul Kengor, PhD, professor of political science at Grove City College"

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Thomas J. Craughwell is author of more than two dozen books. Among them are Saints Behaving Badly (Doubleday, 2006), Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics (Image, 2011), and Stealing Lincoln's Body(Harvard University Press, 2007), which was adapted into a History Channel documentary. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Inside the Vatican, and Our Sunday Visitor. A popular speaker, Craughwell has lectured for Catholic Courses, and has appeared on EWTN, CNN, and Ave Maria radio to discuss saints, the canonization process, and Catholic history. He writes out of his home in Bethel, Connecticut.

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