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Description:A radio interview with Dr. John David Hayes, former prisoner of war, recorded between 1953-1957 at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Dr. Hayes was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in China. He was imprisoned, 1951-1952.Creator:Hayes, John David, 1888-1957. (interviewee)Subject names:National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Communism--China., Prisoners of war--United States., Prisoners of war--China., Political prisoners--China., Communism and Christianity--China.Geographic subjects:China.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116515
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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
