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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:
William Barrow Pugh Receives Medal for Merit.
Description:
Presbyterian Churchman Receives Medal for Merit -- Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson presents the Medal for Merit to the Reverend William Barrow Pugh, D.D., of Philadelphia, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., for his services to the United States during the war. As chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, Dr. Pugh was instrumental in bringing two thousand clergymen into the chaplaincy. The ceremony took place in Mr. Patterson's office, Pentagon, Washington D.C., July 8, 1947.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950--Medals., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5640
Title:
Morgan, Laketek, Pugh and Rixey.
Description:
(Left to right) Chaplain William V. Morgan, Wing Chaplain, North Atlantic Wing; Chaplain Victor J. Laketek (Roman Catholic) 494th Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; the Rev. William Barrow Pugh, chairman of General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains and Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains George F. Rixey. Photographed in the office of the Army Air Field Post Chapel, Presque Isle, Maine, August 16, when Dr. Pugh and Chaplain Rixey were en route to Army and Navy war theaters on a mission to Protestant chaplains and service men.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Morgan, William V., Laketek, Victor J., Rixey, George F.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Presque Isle (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5616
Title:
Dr. William Pugh visits Iceland cemetery.
Description:
Dr. William Pugh, stated clerk PCUSA and chairman general commission of army and navy chaplains, visits military cemetery in Iceland on tour of battlefronts, 1943.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Cemeteries--Iceland., Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Iceland.
Geographic subjects:
Iceland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5569
Title:
Thanksgiving service in the field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chaplain Reads Thanksgiving Proclamation in Field; Lieut. Col. Edward L. R. Elson, 75th Infantry Division chaplain, is shown reading the President's Thanksgiving proclamation as a highlight [..]
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
Military chaplains., Thanksgiving Day sermons., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5550
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

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