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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
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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
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Description:After church, February 1945, Battle of Colmar. Held service in church not far from Albert Sweitzer's home.Subject names:Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.Topics:World War, 1939-1945., Military chaplains--United States., Colmar, Battle of, France, 1945.Geographic subjects:Colmar (France)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5331