TY - ADVS AU - Capodanno,Vincent Robert AU - Ehrlich,Jake AU - Moriarty,Tim TI - The field afar: The life of Fr. Vincent Capodanno PY - 2019/// CY - [United States] PB - Castletown Media KW - Catholic Church KW - Clergy KW - Biography KW - History KW - Priesthood KW - Military chaplains KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Documentary films KW - lcgft N1 - Director, Jake Ehrlich, Tim Moriarty N2 - Fr. Capodanno, a native of Staten Island, New York, was a Catholic priest, who received the posthumous Medal of Honor for his valor as a chaplain to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam war. Among his men, he earned the nickname, the Grunt Padre, because of his ministry to the grunts. Veterans recall how Fr. Capodanno was a constant companion to the Marines, living, eating and sleeping in the same rough conditions as the men he served ER -