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Here is a link to the story in a Methodist publication and some phone numbers.

Men's agency helps Boy Scout republish wartime devotional

Also his photo:

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Looks like they are still working on it!

From the above link:

During an Oct. 18-19 meeting of the commission's executive committee, the agency endorsed the project's concept and supported distribution plans. The executive committee acted on behalf of the 39-member commission, which cancelled its annual meeting following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The commission is developing strategies, including obtaining grants and other financing, to enable the 416-page Strength for Service to God and Country devotional to reach a wide audience, including military bases around the nation and men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces worldwide.

The book is especially significant because the number of people searching for spiritual well-being has risen and will continue to rise, according to Larry Coppock, the national director for the denomination's Scouting ministries. The commission, he said, is seeking to get the devotional distributed at no cost to military personnel and reservists as a way to respond to Sept. 11.

Coppock and other commissioners found the devotional to be almost prophetic after reading the original text for the Sept. 11 entry a few days following the terrorist attacks on the country. "It looked like it had been written exactly for that day, even though it had been written 60 years before. It was so appropriate," he said.