Posted on 07/29/2013 5:40:02 PM PDT by ReformationFan
If President Eisenhower were alive today, the five-star general may be shocked to know that his own speeches are too offensive to be quoted in the military he used to command. A military chaplain has been taken to task for fulfilling the job description that most spiritual leaders (until recently) were hired to do: talk about faith. In a harmless post for his online website, "Chaplain's Corner," Lt. Col. Kenneth Reyes (USAF) of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska wrote an inspirational piece called, "No Atheists in Foxholes: Chaplains Gave All in World War II." The phrase, which President Eisenhower made famous in 1954, dates way back to the Japanese attack at Corregidor. Reyes had hoped to encourage his troops – believers and non-believers – with the brave story of the man who first coined the quote.
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Was your Dad’s WW-II Bible printed by the Government Printing Office?
Certainly not Obamerica.
‘On Sunday they attended religious services on board the ship. Churchill selected the hymns. One of them was “Onward Christian Soldiers”. I have seen old film of the service and both Churchill and FDR were singing along with the men.’
Quick! Call the ACLU and “Americans United for Separation of Church and State”! They’ll need to throw FDR and Churchill in prison for this!/sarc
An interesting questions. I remember that the Gideons gave me a small pocket New Testament at the reception station at Ft. Knox, when I entered basic training in 1973.
Army Chaplains still have Bibles for distribution to soldiers who want one. At least as of a couple of months ago, they did. I don’t know if there are any recent changes to that.
I just now searched eBay for “WW-II Bible” and found a lot of them. Very interesting. Some are Gideon Bibles. Some have steel covers. Many are U.S. Government issue and include a statement by President Roosevelt. There is a pocket version of Jewish Scriptures presented by the United States Army.
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