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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: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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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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Subject names:Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.Topics:Military chaplains., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Chaplains.Geographic subjects:Vietnam.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5605
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Title:Description:A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?Creator:Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (creator)Topics:Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.Geographic subjects:Thailand.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2592
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Title:Description:A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?Creator:Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988.Topics:Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Students--Thailand., Burmese students--Foreign countries.Geographic subjects:Thailand.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2591
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Title:Description:A group of Burmese young people who came to Siam to work among their own people. They visited us at Prae [sic]. On Easter Sunday they dressed in their national costume, aren't they fine?Creator:Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988. (Creator)Topics:Missions--Thailand., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2590
