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12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains

By 10 January 2012. Filed in History.

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12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains - Mental Floss

12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains – Mental Flosshttp://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/112976After I posted 8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains last week, we heard from a Catholic writer, a chaplain who worked under Father Sampson (who was featured), and the pastor of the home church of one of the Four Chaplains, in comments and email. We appreciate everyone’s input! Military chaplains are classified as non-combatants, but they still put their lives on the line to serve their country and its military members—and often civilians and enemy soldiers, too. Many went above and beyond the call of duty, and their stories should be remembered.

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Soldier, chaplain, shepherd

By 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS - News - Soldier, chaplain, shepherd

DVIDS – News – Soldier, chaplain, shepherdhttp://www.dvidshub.net/news/82123/soldier-chaplain-shepherd#.Twip_tSiPNoBAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan— He is a priest, a soldier, an Army chaplain, and yet he is also a bishop, serving as an Auxiliary for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

U.S. Army Col. Rick Spencer wears many hats besides his zucchetto, the small head covering marking his clerical position; including the Army’s patrol cap, field “boonie” cap, and combat helmet.

For Wake Forest chaplain, new role has special meaning

By 18 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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For Wake Forest chaplain, new role has special meaning | JournalNow.com

For Wake Forest chaplain, new role has special meaning | JournalNow.comhttp://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/nov/14/wsmet01-for-wake-forest-chaplain-new-role-has-spec-ar-1606552/Rabbi Michael Gisser could have chosen any number of days to be officially installed as a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve.He chose Veterans Day for a reason.

“I wouldn’t be here if not for the U.S. Army and the Allied forces,” said Gisser, the associate chaplain for Jewish life at Wake Forest University.

On Friday, during a small ceremony at Wake Forest, Gisser became one of 300 chaplains in the Army Reserve, fulfilling a longtime dream.

Veterans’ stories wanted

By 11 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Veterans' stories wanted - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Veterans’ stories wanted – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.comhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/news/palm-beach-county-news/fl-jjps-veterans-1109-20111108,0,4714019.storyNicholas Brecher was a U.S. Army infantryman when he was selected as one of the soldiers at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco during World War II.

At that historic meeting, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to call for the unconditional surrender of Germany.

Brecher later became a guard for U.S. Army General George C. Marshall.

For his service in World War II, Brecher earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History

By 2 November 2011. Filed in History.

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Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History

Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral Historyhttp://www.newswise.com/articles/texas-veterans-who-liberated-nazi-concentration-camps-share-stories-with-baylor-university-s-institute-for-oral-historyNewswise — At the end of World War II, a young Army chaplain named Wilson Canafax was among soldiers who traveled to Nazi concentration camps with little idea what to expect. Moments after he got out of his Jeep at newly liberated Buchenwald, an emaciated Jewish survivor approached.

“A young fellow came up to me speaking perfect English. He looked to be about 15,” recalled Canafax, now a Fort Worth pastor. “He asked ‘Could you do us a favor?’”
His plea was that Canafax conduct a Jewish worship service. And the young man who introduced himself was Elie Wiesel, a Romanian Jew who went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and to write more than 30 books about the Holocaust and the responsibility to fight hatred, racism and genocide.

Virginia to honor Army chaplain killed in 1918

By 16 October 2011. Filed in History.

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FayObserver.com - Virginia to honor Army chaplain killed in 1918

FayObserver.com – Virginia to honor Army chaplain killed in 1918http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/10/14/1129431The remains of Thomas McNeil Bulla rest in a small family cemetery in Vander.

On the moss-covered tombstone, which stands roughly 5 feet tall, a weathered engraving identifies Bulla as a second son and a man of God. No mention is made of his military service outside a small American Legion marker on the grave.

Bulla died in France in 1918 after being wounded during what historians have called America’s bloodiest battle of World War I.

Former Chaplain Jailed For 7.5 Years In Beating Of German

By 15 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Former Chaplain Jailed For 7.5 Years In Beating Of Germanhttp://www.military.com/news/article/2011/former-chaplain-jailed-for-75-years-in-beating-of-german.htmlKAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A former U.S. Army chaplain could serve 7 1/2 years in prison after a German court convicted him of attempted manslaughter stemming from an attack outside a bar in Garmisch-Partenkirchen earlier this year.

Capt. Joseph Allen Parker, 34, of the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade in Grafenwöhr, was convicted and sentenced Oct. 4 in Munich. He is determining whether he can appeal, according to his private counsel, Munich attorney Christian Gerber.

Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains

By 1 October 2011. Filed in Chaplain Candidates, Deployment, History, News & Commentary.

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Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains | Daily News | NCRegister.com

Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains | Daily News | NCRegister.comhttp://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/profiles-in-courage/WASHINGTON — The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA reported a sharp jump this year in the number of seminarians interested in serving as military chaplains. As the 2011-2012 academic year begins, there are 31 military-affiliated seminarians nationwide, up from three just three years ago.

The seminarians are participating in the Chaplain Candidacy Program for one of the branches of the armed forces and must be co-sponsored by a diocesan bishop. Once ordained, the priest must serve three years in a civilian parish and return to his diocese of sponsorship when he retires from active military service.

Conventual Father Kerry Abbott, director for vocations for the archdiocese, remarked, “This is one of the untold stories of the blessings of the Holy Spirit upon the Church and those faithful fervently seeking to respond to the voice of God.”

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End of DADT paves way for new discrimination

By 24 September 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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End of DADT paves way for new discrimination - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide

End of DADT paves way for new discrimination – Stripes – Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwidehttp://www.stripes.com/end-of-dadt-paves-way-for-new-discrimination-1.155890On Sept. 20, 2011, a date that will live in infamy, the U.S. armed forces were deliberately and successfully attacked by advocates of the scourge of homosexuality. The elimination of the last vestige of moral restraint on sexual perversion in the U.S. military, commonly known as the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, ushers in a new Orwellian era in which the military leadership of our nation will proclaim the unnatural as natural, the unhealthy as healthy and the immoral as moral.

This Attack on Just War is Not Just —Atheists Fiddling with Western Civilization While Nation is at War

By 17 August 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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This Attack on Just War is Not Just —Atheists Fiddling with Western Civilization While Nation is at War | Dr. Michael A. Milton's Blog

This Attack on Just War is Not Just —Atheists Fiddling with Western Civilization While Nation is at War | Dr. Michael A. Milton’s Bloghttp://michaelmilton.org/2011/08/14/this-attack-on-just-war-is-not-just-%E2%80%94atheists-fiddling-with-western-civilization-while-nation-is-at-war/…..

The Bible is a major element in the bedrock of our civilization. And the Bible’s ethical system shapes, safeguards and informs the ethical standards of our way of life. As we must face the inevitability of war and seek meaningful debate about what constitutes taking military action or not, the biblical-Judeao-Christian ethic guides us with clear and cogent reasoning from the same truth that shaped the founding of our nation, the establishment of our laws, and, by the way, provided wisdom to our leaders in our previous decisions about whether it was right or not to fight Nazi Germany or for that matter take out Osama Bin Laden.

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