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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:
Friendshipment information packet and publicity materials, 1975.
Description:
Promotional materials for Friendshipment, an American civilian campaign inspired by the need for humanitarian assistance in Vietnam after the war.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Friendshipment (Campaign)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--Christianity., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Civilian relief., Humanitarian assistance, American--Vietnam.
Geographic subjects:
Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280837
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:
North Korean prisoners of war blood petitions.
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
Title:
Korean war plaque.
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
Title:
Korean War plaque.
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
Title:
Korean War plaque.
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
Title:
A North Vietnamese nun.
Description:
Hanoi -- A North Vietnamese nun, Ntuyen Tkhi Choung, looks sadly at signs of war in Hanoi. The city's workers, unlike the nun, all bear arms. Ringed with anti-aircraft guns and missile sites, the city is on a constant alert for air raids.
Creator:
Daily express (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service, Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Vietnam--Hanoi., War--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Vietnam War, 1961-1975., War and society--Vietnam--Hanoi.
Geographic subjects:
Hanoi (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139021
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:
Prisoners of War.
Description:
Worship.
Creator:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984. (photographer)
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Prisoners of war--South Korea., Prisoner-of-war camps--South Korea., Church work with prisoners of war--South Korea.
Geographic subjects:
South Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6967
Title:
Edward L.R. Elson in Vietnam.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
Military chaplains., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5605
Title:
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller aboard the USS Krishna.
Description:
NCC President in War Zone: Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, president of the National Council of Churches, conducts services for officers and men of the USS Krishna, Naval supply ship off the coast of South Vietnam. Bishop Mueller of Indianapolis, head of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, spent a week in the South Vietnam war zone during the Easter season. He was accompanied on the annual visit to servicemen overseas -- for the first time this year to a war area-- by Dr. Fred S. Buschmeyer of New York, secretary of the United Church of Christ, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, secretary for program of the NCC's Division of Christian Life and Mission.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Mueller, Reuben H., Mueller, Reuben Herbert, 1897-1982., Evangelical United Brethren Church., Buschmeyer, Fred S., Lee, J. Oscar., United Church of Christ.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--War work--Churches.
Geographic subjects:
Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4950
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (creator)
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2592
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2591
Title:
Burmese students.
Description:
A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?
Creator:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (Creator)
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2590
Title:
Siberian Wartime Views photo album.
Description:
"Siberian Wartime Views" photo album, 1918.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (creator)
Subject names:
Leiper family., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--China--Manchuria., World War, 1914-1918--Russia--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Harbin (China)--Description and travel., Irkutsk (Russia)--Description and travel., Shenyang (Liaoning Sheng, China)--Description and travel., Vladivostok (Russia)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1477

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