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Gittelsohn Roland Bertram <1910-1995, > |
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Pacifist to Padre : The World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 / / Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Roland B. Gittelsohn (Chaplains Corps), U.S. Navy Reserve |
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Quantico, Virginia : , : Marine Corps University Press, , 2020 |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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World War, 1939-1945 |
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Jewish |
Military morale - United States |
Marines - United States - Psychology |
Rabbis - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Chaplains - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction / by Donald M. Bishop -- Introduction: what not to expect -- Pacifist no more -- I don't believe it! -- To be or not to be -- Recipe for chaplains -- What makes morale? -- Your friend away from home -- Your life-- in three minutes -- Am I a man or a machine? -- Where do we go from here? -- This is it, boys! -- Dear son -- Religion in uniform -- Atheists and foxholes -- Doggone it, chaplain! -- Brothers all? -- Black sand-- red blood -- Earth to earth -- Postscript:: Now I believe it! -- Appendices: Padre in hell, Leatherneck article -- Brothers all? Reconstructionist article -- Biographical sketch -- Chronology. |
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"Pacifist to Padre deftly threads so many elements of the World War II chaplaincy into a compelling and thoughtful narrative. It offers a personal window into a complex institution. It provides insight into the |
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world of an unusual American space that has been naturalized as normal: of government-sponsored and managed religion. And it brings that world into focus from the vantage point of a man who never would have predicted pinning the Jewish chaplain's tablet insignia to his collar, a Jewish pacifist turned military padre"-- |
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