Sky Pilots The Yankee Division Chaplains in World War I / Michael E. Shay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shay, Michael E., 1945- author.

Series:

American military experience series.

American military experience series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Chaplains--United States--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.

Military chaplains--United States.

Military chaplains.

United States. Army. Division, 26th--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army. Chaplain Corps.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In August 1917, the U.S. 26th "Yankee" Division was formally activated for service in World War I. When the soldiers arrived in France, they were accompanied by more than three dozen volunteer chaplains. These clergymen experienced all the horrors of war, shared all the privations of the common soldier, and earned the love and affection of their "boys." Two died, several were gassed or wounded, and many were decorated by France and the United States for their heroism, yet their stories have been lost to history. Through extensive research in published and archival sources, as well as firsthand materials obtained from the families of several chaplains, Michael E. Shay brings to life the story of these valiant men, a story of courage in the face of the horrors of war and of extreme devotion to the men they served.

Contents:

1. Sky pilots

2. Early days

3. Toul sector

4. Aisne-Marne

5. St. Mihiel and Troyon

6. Verdun

7. Going home

8. "Recalled to life"

Afterword

Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826273246

0826273246

OCLC:

885455990