Chaplains: On a Divine Mission

They can't carry weapons, but they are armed with something stronger: their faith. Military chaplains provide support and perspective to those serving our country in times of severe stress. And chaplains find their own lives enriched working with clergy and soldiers of different faiths. This feature debuted on February 3, which is Four Chaplains Day External, commemorating a story of heroism on a doomed ship during World War II.

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    Willard W. Bartlett Collection Commander, Merchant Marine, World War, 1939-1945 - Atlantic; Pacific; Asia. Navy, Korean War, 1950-1953. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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    Jacob Wendell Beck Collection Captain, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater; European Theater. Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea.
    • Contributor: Beck, Jacob Wendell - Beck, Martha E.
    • Date: 1945
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    Curtis R. Bowers Collection Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Korea; Japan; Germany; Vietnam.
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    James Woodrow Crawley Collection Lieutenant Commander, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Corpus Christi, Texas; Philippines; European Theater; Korea; Japan; New Guinea.
    • Contributor: Crawley, James Woodrow - Self-Interview
    • Date: 1942
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    Eugene Lewis Daniel, Jr. Collection Major, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Polk, Louisiana; Africa; Italy; Germany; European Theater.
    • Contributor: Daniel Jr., Eugene Lewis - Johnson, Sallie Daniel
    • Date: 1941
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    David Roy Ellis Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Iraq.
    • Contributor: Thomas D. Fenn - John W. Ostresh - Cooney, John P. - Dalton Council on Aging - Jacobs, Sue - Ellis, David Roy
    • Date: 1982
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    Terence Patrick Finnegan Collection Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pearl Harbor; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Italy; Japan; United States. Major General, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953.
    • Contributor: Finnegan, Terence Patrick - Schenk, Margaret
    • Date: 1937
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    Mark Andrew Jumper Collection Commander, Navy, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Asia; Africa; Middle East; Europe; Caribbean; Okinawa, Japan; Korea; National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Guam (Mariana Islands); Kuwait.
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    Alston Shepherd Kirk Collection Captain, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Naval Station, Washington, DC; Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland; Quantico, and Norfolk, Virginia; Newport Rhode Island; Atlantic; Newfoundland, Canada; Iceland; Vietnam.
    • Contributor: Kirk, Alston Shepherd - Americorps Nccc - Bauer, Brittany - Americorps Nccc (National Civilian Community Corps)
    • Date: 1961
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    David E. Lapp Collection Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Munich and Ansbach, Germany; Fort Monroe, Virginia; Vietnam.
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    Kenneth T. Martin Collection Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Knox, Kentucky; Thailand.
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    Peter William McGeory Collection Navy, Cold War - Philippines; Bahrain; Norfolk, Virginia; Okinawa; London, England; San Diego, California; Millington, Tennessee; Bremerton, Washington; Annapolis, Maryland. Captain, Navy, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Persian Gulf; Annapolis, Maryland.
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    William J. Muhm Collection Commander, Navy, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Anbar Province, Iraq.
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    Jimmie C. Spiller Collection Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Carson, Colorado; Vietnam; Romulus and Fort Wadsworth, New York; Walter Reed Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Monroe, Virginia; Nuremberg and Darmstadt,…
    • Contributor: Spiller, Jimmie C. - Mary Lee Schumeyer - Daughters of the American Revolution, Frederick, Maryland Chapter - Redmond, Patricia T.
    • Date: 1967
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    Leo Stanis Collection Technical Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Japan. Commander, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Greece; Okinawa Island, Japan; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Walter Reed Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
    • Contributor: Daughters of the American Revolution, Frederick, Maryland Chapter - Stanis, Leo - Redmond, Patricia T.
    • Date: 1946