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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995, author.
Contributor:
Bishop, Donald M., 1945- writer of introduction.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives, American.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
Military morale--United States.
Military morale.
Marines--United States--Psychology.
Marines.
Rabbis--United States--Biography.
Rabbis.
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--United States.
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th--Biography.
United States.
United States. Marine Corps--Chaplains--Biography.
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2020.
Summary:
"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.
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.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-7370404-8-4
OCLC:
1267685058
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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