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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:
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: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:
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:
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
Title:
Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock.
Description:
Maj.-Gen. E. A. Hitchcock. Photo. By Whipple.
Creator:
Buttre, J.C. (engraver), Buttre, J.C. (publisher)
Subject names:
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8880
Title:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Description:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8868
Title:
An Easter sunrise service led by Chaplain Howard McNight Wilson.
Description:
An Easter sunrise service led by Chaplain Howard McNight Wilson near Bollington, Cheshire, England, 1944.
Subject names:
Wilson, Howard McKnight.
Geographic subjects:
Bollington (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8727
Title:
Organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
Description:
Organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8694
Title:
French chaplains presenting message.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1918] French chaplains presenting message from French Protestant churches to Federal Council officials. From left to right: Chaplain Monod, Rev. Charles S. Macfarland, General Secretary of the Federal Council; Rev. Frank Mason North, President of the Federal Council; Chaplain Lauga.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Macfarland, Charles S., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Protestant Church--France--20th century., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8468
Title:
The Chaplain's Medal.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 3, no. 5, May 1920] The Chaplain's Medal.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Military chaplains--Medals., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8458
Title:
Letter to Robert E. Speer from President Woodrow Wilson.
Description:
Letter to Robert E. Speer from President Woodrow Wilson, August 3, 1918 [Facsimile]
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8410
Title:
In conference with the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at his home. [Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 8, September 1918].
Description:
In conference with the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at his home. [Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 8, September 1918.]
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8391
Title:
A Cablegram from General Pershing.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 3, March 1918] A Cablegram from General Pershing Urging Increase of Chaplains.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., World War, 1914-1918--Chaplains., Military chaplains., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8389
Title:
The Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook.
Description:
The Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook [Officers].
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934., Gilkey, Charles Whitney, 1882-1968., Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook (U.S.), Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8383
Title:
Religious Publicity Service.
Description:
Religious Publicity Service, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, clipsheet.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Religious Publicity Service., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8373
Title:
Religious Publicity Service.
Description:
Religious Publicity Service, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, clipsheet.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Religious Publicity Service., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8334
Title:
With the Commanding General of the Second French Army.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 8, September 1918] 1. With the Commanding General of the Second French Army, after the Religious Service in the Citadel of Verdun. 2. Meeting at a French Y.M.C.A.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., World War, 1914-1918--France--Verdun., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Verdun (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8307
Title:
Religious Publicity Service.
Description:
Religious Publicity Service, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, clipsheet.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Religious Publicity Service., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8295

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