03176oam 22005774a 450 991052467350332120210915050452.01-7370404-8-4(CKB)5600000000005193(OCoLC)1267685058(MdBmJHUP)muse99031(EXLCZ)99560000000000519320201209d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPacifist to PadreThe World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 /Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Roland B. Gittelsohn (Chaplains Corps), U.S. Navy ReserveQuantico, Virginia :Marine Corps University Press,2020.©2020.1 online resource1-7320031-5-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 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"--Provided by publisher.World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanIwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, JewishMilitary moraleUnited StatesMarinesUnited StatesPsychologyRabbisUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945ChaplainsUnited StatesElectronic books. World War, 1939-1945Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945World War, 1939-1945Participation, Jewish.Military moraleMarinesPsychology.RabbisWorld War, 1939-1945Chaplains940.54/78092BGittelsohn Roland Bertram1910-1995,1088342Bishop Donald M.1945-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524673503321Pacifist to Padre2605757UNINA