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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
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Title:Description:Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.Geographic subjects:Atlanta (Ga.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8102
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Description:Youths pray for Vietnam peace, Seattle, Wash.Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.Geographic subjects:Seattle (Wash.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8016
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Title:Description:Sanctuary of conscience: David Hawk and other conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War link arms at the Union Theological Seminary prior to arrest.Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Hawk, David R.Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7994
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Description:Reverend Harold Voelkel preaching to Republic of Korea troops near Seoul, 1950.Creator:Provost, Raymond. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Voelkel, Harold.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Military chaplains--South Korea.Geographic subjects:South Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5582
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Creator:Provost, Raymond. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Military chaplains--South Korea.Geographic subjects:South Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5557
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Title:Description:Dr. E. Elson.Creator:Harris and Ewing. (photographer)Subject names:Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Portraits.Topics:Military chaplains--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5450
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Title:Description:Chaplain Harold Voelkel asks for a show of hands of those wishing to know more about Christianity.Creator:Provost, Raymond. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Voelkel, Harold.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Military chaplains--South Korea.Geographic subjects:South Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5192
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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
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Description:Attempts to give draft card to NCC: James D. Rubins, 21, a student at Hope College, Holland, Mich., addresses the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Detroit. He sought to present his Selective Service card to the delegates, to be held "in trust." Mr. Rubins, a member of the Reformed Church in America, asked the NCC to put "action behind a policy position backing religious obedience and civil disobedience." Assembly delegates voted down Mr. Rubins attempt to surrender his draft card.Creator:Religious News Service. (creator)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Religious News Service., Rubins, James D., Hope College., Reformed Church in America.Topics:Draft., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Christian college students.Geographic subjects:Detroit (Mich.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4275