LEADER 03176oam 22005774a 450 001 9910524673503321 005 20210915050452.0 010 $a1-7370404-8-4 035 $a(CKB)5600000000005193 035 $a(OCoLC)1267685058 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse99031 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000005193 100 $a20201209d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPacifist to Padre$eThe World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 /$fLieutenant (Junior Grade) Roland B. Gittelsohn (Chaplains Corps), U.S. Navy Reserve 210 1$aQuantico, Virginia :$cMarine Corps University Press,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2020. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-7320031-5-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / 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. 330 $a"Pacifist to Padre deftly threads so many elements of the World War II chaplaincy into a compelling and thoughtful narrative. It offers a personal window into a complex institution. It provides insight into the world of an unusual American space that has been naturalized as normal: of government-sponsored and managed religion. And it brings that world into focus from the vantage point of a man who never would have predicted pinning the Jewish chaplain's tablet insignia to his collar, a Jewish pacifist turned military padre"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aIwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Jewish 606 $aMilitary morale$zUnited States 606 $aMarines$zUnited States$xPsychology 606 $aRabbis$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChaplains$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aIwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Jewish. 615 0$aMilitary morale 615 0$aMarines$xPsychology. 615 0$aRabbis 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChaplains 676 $a940.54/78092 676 $aB 700 $aGittelsohn$b Roland Bertram$f1910-1995,$01088342 702 $aBishop$b Donald M.$f1945- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524673503321 996 $aPacifist to Padre$92605757 997 $aUNINA