Posted on Oct 2, 2022
America250: Navy Veteran Vincent Capodanno - VA News
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A great hero that sacrificed his life to bring comfort to others MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. , a slow salute to LT (Chaplain) Vincent Capodanno.
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Another great post Major!
He was KIA in 1965 and in 1969, I served in two of the same units that he was in, and he was often the subject of conversations in both units. Our Catholic Chaplain then, occasionally spoke of him.
There are several videos about him on YouTube, including a 48 minute movie. He was an amazing guy. This is one of the shorter videos about him althouogh a lot of the combat footage is of the 101st AB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0htMcgjDLWI
He was KIA in 1965 and in 1969, I served in two of the same units that he was in, and he was often the subject of conversations in both units. Our Catholic Chaplain then, occasionally spoke of him.
There are several videos about him on YouTube, including a 48 minute movie. He was an amazing guy. This is one of the shorter videos about him althouogh a lot of the combat footage is of the 101st AB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0htMcgjDLWI
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