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Presbyterian involvement in wars from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. Featured image: James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield by Henry Alexander Ogden.

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Title:
The Church and Draft Information
Description:
Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284902
Title:
Presbyterians and the Draft.
Description:
Written by Ralph D. Nyland, chairman of the Draft Counseling Committee at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church in DeWitt, New York.
Creator:
Nyland, Ralph D. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors., Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church (De Witt, N.Y.)
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284897
Title:
To Be a Conscientious Objector.
Description:
Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284884
Title:
Letter from Gwen Patton Woods to L. William Yolton, February 16, 1970.
Description:
Letter addressed to Rev. L. William Yolton, Secretary of the Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War, written by Gwen Patton Woods of the National Association of Black Students.
Creator:
Patton, Gwendolyn M., 1943- (author), Yolton, L. William (Leroy William), 1930- (addressee)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284880
Title:
Korean Orphans, Mission-Supported Orphanage Programs; Mixed-blood/Proxy Adoption, 1949-1964.
Topics:
Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181063
Title:
Korean Orphans, Mission-Supported Orphanage Programs; Mixed-blood/Proxy Adoption, 1949-1964.
Topics:
Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180878
Title:
"Rubble" Church rises in Germany.
Description:
Pictured is a "Notkirche" (church built from rubble) at Mannheim-Waldhof, American zone of Germany, at the time of cornerstone-laying ceremonies.
Creator:
Thorrelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany., Cornerstone laying--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany--Buildings, structures, etc., Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147289
Title:
Keeping his Bible dry.
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 City
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147155
Title:
Prayer for the fallen.
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
Title:
Hilfswerk welcomes war veterans.
Description:
Hilfswerk worker welcomes disabled German war veterans to the home in the American zone.
Creator:
Thorkelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., Disabled veterans--Germany., Humanitarian assistance, American--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147004
Title:
Manzanar Japanese Relocation Center.
Description:
The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146378
Title:
Campus Pepper newsletter.
Description:
Campus Pepper, Vol. II, No. 1, September 28, 1943. Written and published bi-monthly by Manzanar High School journalism students at the Japanese American Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Asian American students--Pacific Coast (U.S.), Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions., Student newspapers and periodicals--California--Manzanar., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--California.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146376
Title:
Communist prison life in China, after 1953.
Description:
A radio interview with Dr. John David Hayes, former prisoner of war, recorded between 1953-1957 at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Dr. Hayes was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in China. He was imprisoned, 1951-1952.
Creator:
Hayes, John David, 1888-1957. (interviewee)
Subject names:
National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Communism--China., Prisoners of war--United States., Prisoners of war--China., Political prisoners--China., Communism and Christianity--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116515
Title:
Raymond Canda interviewed by Ed Wicklein, 19 May 1981, side 1.
Creator:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C., 1934- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116476
Title:
George Teaz Jamieson interviewed by Alfreda Hinn, May 12, 1980.
Description:
George Teaz Jamieson was a Presbyterian chaplain, born 26 February 1907, died 4 September 1997.
Creator:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997. (interviewee), Hinn, Cora Alfreda Pence, 1908-1982. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997.
Topics:
Military chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116474
Title:
Ernest O. Norquist interviewed by Ed Wicklein, 27 January 1978.
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116444
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116438
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116436
Title:
Ernest O. Norquist interviewed by Ed Wicklein, 27 January 1978, side 2.
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C., 1934- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116430
Title:
Ernest O. Norquist interviewed by Ed Wicklein, 27 January 1978, side 1.
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116426

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