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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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"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 governmen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Main Author: Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Division, 5th > Biography.
United States. > Marine Corps > Chaplains > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Jewish.
Military morale > United States.
Marines > United States > Psychology.
Rabbis > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Chaplains > United States.
United States. > Marine Corps.
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Division, 5th.
Armed Forces > Chaplains.
Chaplains.
Military morale.
Military participation > Jewish.
Rabbis.
Japan.
United States.
Biographies.
Personal narratives > American.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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