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Other Chaplains Stayed Back… He Slept In The Mud With His Marines | Grunt Padre #wwii #history

Most chaplains stayed at base. Safe. Comfortable.
Not him.
When a reporter asked why he wore camouflage, Father Capodanno explained: "It's protective coloration so I blend in with the men. I understand their trials better if I accept the same burdens they do." He lived, ate, and slept as the Marines did. He suffered with them. He had already developed a reputation for accepting hardship with his Marines. The term "Grunt Padre" was regularly used to describe him. Young soldiers far from home, terrified and exhausted — they didn't just have a chaplain.
They had a father.

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