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Title:Description:Private First Class A.C. Maynard, on patrol near a rubber plantation about 40 miles north of Saigon, keeps his Bible dry by strapping it to his helmet with an elastic band.Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Maynard, A. C.Topics:Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Jungle warfare., Soldiers, Black--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh CityGeographic subjects:Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147155
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Title:Description:U.S. infantrymen pray in the Vietnam jungle, Dec. 9, during memorial services for comrades killed in the Michelin Rubber Plantation Battle.Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Casualities., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Casualities., Prayers for the dead--Vietnam., Soldiers--Vietnam.Geographic subjects:Bình Dương (Vietnam : Province)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147077
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Description:Blood petitions made by North Korean prisoners of war who did not want to return to Communist North Korea following the armistice in 1953. Features an explanatory letter written by Charles A. Anderson to Rev. Harold Voelkel, a chaplain to POWs during the war.Subject names:Anderson, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1889-1962., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Prisoners of war--Korea., Fingerprints.Geographic subjects:Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145118
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Title:Description:Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."Subject names:Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142509
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Title:Description:Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."Subject names:Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142508
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Title:Description:Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."Subject names:Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.Geographic subjects:Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142507