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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:
"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:
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:
Hilfswerk welcomes war veterans.
Description:
Hilfswerk worker welcomes disabled German war veterans to the home in the American zone.
Creator:
Thorkelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., Disabled veterans--Germany., Humanitarian assistance, American--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147004
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:
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.
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:116444
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:
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
Title:
Abraham Lincoln.
Description:
[Abraham Lincoln.]
Creator:
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896. (photographer)
Subject names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Topics:
Presidents--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7320
Title:
General Stonewall Jackson.
Description:
[General Stonewall Jackson with sword sitting in front of a tent.]
Subject names:
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
Topics:
Generals--Confederate States of America.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7296
Title:
Robert Lewis Dabney.
Description:
[Robert Lewis Dabney.]
Creator:
Heliotype Printing Co. (printer), Erambert, C.H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains., Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7271
Title:
Henry Whitney Bellows.
Description:
[Henry Whitney Bellows.]
Creator:
Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895. (engraver)
Subject names:
Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7241

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