LEADER 03835nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910151630103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-92576-0 010 $a9786610925766 010 $a0-88920-554-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247080 035 $a(EBL)685981 035 $a(OCoLC)753479621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284867 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226425 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284867 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261673 035 $a(PQKB)11093968 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402285 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243722 035 $a(OCoLC)123379900 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18013 035 $a(PPN)238410668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135341 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247080 100 $a20030513d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThrough the Hitler line$b[electronic resource] $ememoirs of an infantry chaplain /$fLaurence F. Wilmot 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 225 1 $aLife writing series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-88920-448-9 311 $a0-88920-426-8 327 $aTreading Cautiously into the Unknown -- Ministry on the Arielli Front -- Taking Up God's Armour -- Breaking the Hitler Line -- A Tourist in Wartime -- Preparing for the Attack -- Tragedy at Foglia River -- Fierce Fighting and Close Calls -- A Time of Stress and a Moment of Rest -- Roman Holiday, Russi Road -- Prayers for the Fallen -- Liberating Holland -- The Guns Fall Silent. 330 $aLaurence Wilmot's Second World War memoir is a rare thing: a first-hand account of front-line battle by an army officer who is a resolute non-combatant. And it is paradoxes such as this that also make Wilmot's book a unique and compelling document. Wilmot, as an Anglican chaplain, is a priest dressed as a warrior, a man of peace in battle fatigues. He is an incongruous figure in a theatre of war, always vigilant for opportunities to partake of silent meditation and prayer, never failing to lose sight of the larger moral issues of the war. His compassion is boundless, his sensitivity acute, and one senses his mounting emotional and spiritual enervation as the death toll of his fellow serving men steadily mounts. At the centre of the book is Wilmot's witness of the murderous battle at the Arielli. Wilmot's compassion for the fighting men compels him to leave the safety of his ministry and join them at the front, at great personal risk. There, as an unarmed stretcher-bearer, he is kept busy transporting the wounded under enemy fire. In this crucible of battle we see the qualities that attest to Wilmot's character and contribute to his memoir's importance: an indefatigable devotion to his duty to save and comfort the wounded, and a resolve to resist despair in spite of the terrible carnage all around. In short, a singular triumph of the decency of one man in the midst of total war. 410 0$aLife writing series. 606 $aMilitary chaplains$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Canadian 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zItaly 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMilitary chaplains 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/78/092 700 $aWilmot$b Laurence F.$f1907-$0914616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151630103321 996 $aThrough the Hitler line$92049846 997 $aUNINA