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Pacifist to padre : the World War II memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946 / Roland B. Gittelsohn (Chaplains Corps), U.S. Navy Reserve.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995.
- Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram.
- United States. Marine Corps--Chaplains--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th--Biography.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th.
- World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Rabbis--United States--Biography.
- Rabbis.
- Marines--United States--Psychology.
- Marines.
- Military morale--United States.
- Military morale.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives.
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- Armed Forces--Chaplains.
- Chaplains.
- Military participation--Jewish.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (liii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Other Title:
- World War II memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946
- Place of Publication:
- Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2021.
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USMCU, viewed June 23, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995, Pacifist to padre
- ISBN:
- 1737040484
- 9781737040484
- OCLC:
- 1257951333
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access
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