The Grunt Padre: Father Vincent Robert Capodanno, Vietnam, 1966-1967
Father Daniel Lawrence Mode grew up in a Navy family. Fr. Mode himself is a commissioned navy chaplain. The author's education includes a bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, with advanced degrees in theology and church history. While studying history at Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, he stumbled upon the research threads that led him to uncovering the remarkable Fr. Capodanno story. Besides Fr. Mode's reserve duty as a Navy chaplain, he currently serves as chaplain and Vice Principal of Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington, VA.