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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:
"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:
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:
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:
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:
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
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey, Resident Directress 1872-76.
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey, Resident Directress 1872-76.
Subject names:
Woolsey, Jane Stuart.
Topics:
Nurses--United States--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7437
Title:
Henry C. McCook.
Description:
[Henry C. McCook] After Return from Santiago de Cuba as Chaplain of the Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, United States Army During the Spanish-American War AD 1898.
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Spanish-American War, 1898--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7385

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