page_title: Albert Braun
section_title: Post-war life
hierarchical_section_title: Albert Braun / Post-war life
caption_attribution_description: English: Sacred Heart Church, 920 S. 17th St. Phoenix, Arizona. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 12000124
context_page_description: Father Albert Braun OFM was a Roman Catholic priest and teacher in the Southwest and the Pacific United States.
  Braun served as a US Army chaplain in both World War I and World War II. During World War II he was held prisoner of war and survived the Bataan Death March. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart, two Silver Stars and the Legion of Merit.
context_section_description: Due to injuries sustained as a POW, he could no longer serve as a missionary to the Mescalero Apaches. To aid in his recovery, he was sent by the Army to the Marshall Islands where he participated in Operation Sandstone. He then spent two years stationed in Hawaii.
  Braun moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1949. In 1953, he helped to found Sacred Heart Church in the Golden Gate Barrio neighborhood.
  In 1965, he received the Arizona Medal of Honor and in 1979 the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame award.
  He worked as a teacher at St. Mary's High School.
  Braun died on March 6, 1983, in Phoenix. At his request, he was interred at the St. Joseph Mescalero Apache Mission in New Mexico.
caption: Sacred Heart Church, Phoenix
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