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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
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Title: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 CityGeographic subjects:Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147155
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Title: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
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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
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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
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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:142509
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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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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
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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
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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
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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