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Title: Methodist pastor serves Jewish troops.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #429 METHODIST PASTOR SERVES JEWISH TROOPS First Lieutenant Harmon B. Moore, Army protestant (Methodist) chaplain, delivering the evening sermon for Jewish troops of the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, at their Friday evening joint services held in a jungle chapel at a Southwest Pacific base. Chaplain Moore delivered the sermon in the absence of the chaplain-rabbi, whose circuit covers a half-dozen islands and bases. Chaplain Moore is a qualified parachutist. Prior to entering the service, he held a pastorate at a Methodist church in Childersburg, Ala. Second Lieutenant Julian C. Levinson of Denver, Colo., is at the right. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Marine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area., United States. Marine Corps., United States. Army., Moore, Harmon B., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Childersburg First Methodist Church (Childersburg, Ala.), Levinson, Julian C.
Topical Subject(s): Military chapels--Oceania., Evening worship services--Oceania., Open-air preaching--Oceania., Christianity--Relations--Judaism., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Military chaplains--Oceania.
Geographic subjects: Oceania., Oceania., Oceania., Oceania., Oceania., Oceania
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 429; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_429
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357565

Title: The pastor entertains an Okinawa family.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #426 THE PASTOR ENTERTAINS AN OKINAWA FAMILY Navy Chaplain William Larsen, former pastor of the Bethany Danish Lutheran Church of Roxbury, Mass., visits with Okinawa natives. Chaplain Larsen, whose home is in Boston, has been serving with a Marine regiment on Okinawa, since the beginning of the campaign. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Marine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Marine Corps., William, Larsen., Bethany Danish Lutheran Church (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christians--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Okinawa-ken (Japan), Asia--Japan--Okinawa Prefecture
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 426; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_426
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357562

Title: Chaplain of the new “flat-top” Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #449 CHAPLAIN OF THE NEW “FLAT-TOP” FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Washington, D.C…Chaplain Robert E. Lee, of the Lido Beach Naval Redistribution Center, has been assigned to duty as chaplain of the new 45, 000 ton aircraft carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The new “flat-top,” christened last spring, will be the peace-time show piece of the American Navy. Prior to his enlistment, Chaplain Lee was chaplain of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and pastor of College Lutheran Church, Blacksburg, Va. He was the first Protestant chaplain at the Attau [sic. Attu] Naval Air Station. He is “a ministerial son of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation” on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lee, Robert E., Naval Personnel Redistribution Center (Lido Beach, N.Y.), Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aircraft carrier), United States. Navy., American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Church of the Reformation (Washington, D.C.), Virginia Polytechnic Institute--Faculty., College Lutheran Church (Blacksburg, Va.), Attu Naval Air Station (Attu Island, Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Military chaplains--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 449; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_449
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357578

Title: Marine chaplain holds Bible class in Japanese waters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #537 MARINE CHAPLAIN HOLDS BIBLE CLASS IN JAPANESE WATERS Navy Lieutenant Bernard H. Boyd, former professor of Bible Literature at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., holds a Bible class with Marines aboard a transport in Tokyo harbor. Chaplain Boyd wears the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Okinawa campaign. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Maine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): United States. Marine Corps (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Boyd, Bernard H., Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.)--Faculty., United States. Navy., United States. Marine Corps.
Topical Subject(s): Navies--Officers., Military chaplains--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Bible--Study and teaching--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Marines--Religious life--Japan--Tokyo Bay., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo Bay., Japan, Tokyo Bay., Japan, Tokyo Bay., Tokyo Bay (Japan), Asia--Japan
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 537; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_537
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357605

Title: Chaplaincy leader on visit to Pacific Theatres.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #616 CHAPLAINCY LEADER ON VISIT TO PACIFIC THEATRES Dr. William Barrow Pugh of Philadelphia, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, is shown on Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll, which he visited on the last leg of a tour of Pacific theatres. He undertook the tour as Chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains. CREDIT LINE SHOULD READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (g-9245-np)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Micronesia--Ulithi., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Micronesia, Ulithi., Ulithi (Micronesia), Oceania--Federated States of Micronesia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 616; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_616
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357621

Title: Christian Community of Okinawa.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (author)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hillyer, Roy N., United States. Army. Armored Division, 10th., Kina, Mojon., Kina, Shosei., Higa, Tarō, 1916-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist converts--Japan--Okinawa-ken., School superintendents--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian leadership--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 43; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_43_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357502

Title: Christian Community of Okinawa.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #43 CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF OKINAWA Chaplain Roy N. Hillyer, senior chaplain of the Tenth Army on Okinawa (seated at center of table) with leaders of the Christian community at Shimmabuke, Okinawa [sic. Shimabuku, Okinawa]. The two men at the right of the table were originally converted by a Methodist missionary who spent a short time on the island, thirty years ago, while enroute to Japan. They are Mojon and Shosei Kina, brothers. Seated at the left is Corporal Tom Higa, a native of Shimmabuke [sic. Shimabuku], who had gone to school in Honolulu, and there enlisted in the U.S. Army. Shosei is superintendent of the school system. Both he and his brother have been preaching the Gospel from the Bible in the Japanese language left with them by the missionary, thirty years ago. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hillyer, Roy N., United States. Army. Armored Division, 10th., Kina, Mojon., Kina, Shosei., Higa, Tarō, 1916-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist converts--Japan--Okinawa-ken., School superintendents--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian leadership--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Okinawa-ken (Japan), Asia--Japan--Okinawa Prefecture--Shimabuku
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 43; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_43
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357566

Title: Captions for two pictures to Religious News Service.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (author)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hillyer, Roy N., United States. Army. Armored Division, 10th., Kina, Mojon., Kina, Shosei., Higa, Tarō, 1916-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist converts--Japan--Okinawa-ken., School superintendents--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian leadership--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 43; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_43_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357524

Title: Caserta, Italy.
Creator Name(s): Allied Forces. Headquarters. (author)
Date Created: 1945, circa August 8, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations., Beebe, Milton O., Yamada, Masao., United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 442nd.
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Italy--Caserta., Legion of Merit (Military decoration), Military decorations--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Medals., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 425; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_425_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357516

Title: Caserta, Italy.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: #425 8 AUG 45 (MM-45-12681) CASERTA, ITALY. Chaplain (Col.) M.O. Beebe, Theatre Chaplain MTOUSA, congratulates Chaplain (Capt.) Masao Yamada, Kealakekua, Hawaii, 442nd Inf. Regt. after presenting him with the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious service in Italy and southern France from 30 May 1944 to 8 May 1945. PHOTO BY POTTER *3131 SIGNAL PHOTO PLATOON, RESTRICTED*
Creator Name(s): United States. Army. Signal Corps. (publisher), Potter. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945, circa August 8, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Army. Mediterranean Theater of Operations., Beebe, Milton O., Yamada, Masao--Medals., United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 442nd--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Italy--Caserta., Legion of Merit (Military decoration), Military decorations--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Medals., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Italy, Caserta., United States., Caserta (Italy), Europe--Italy--Campania--Caserta--Caserta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 425; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_425
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357561

Title: Catholic educator becomes first commodore chaplain.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #1002 CATHOLIC EDUCATOR BECOMES FIRST COMMODORE CHAPLAIN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With his left hand on the Bible he used when a student for the priesthood at the Sulpician Seminary here, Capt. Robert J. White, dean of the School of Law, Catholic University of America, takes the oath which henceforth distinguishes him as the first commodore chaplain in the history of the American Navy. The precedent-setting ceremony took place in the office of Rear Admiral William N. Thomas (left), USN, who administered the oath in the presence of a number of Navy officials, Congressmen and high government officials. Former national chaplain of the American Legion and vice-president, 1934-36, of FIDAC, a world organization of World War I veterans, Father White was nominated for the commission by President Truman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-WA-LDF-11-13-5)
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Theological College (Washington, D.C.), Catholic University of America. School of Law--Faculty., White, Robert J. (Robert James), 1893-1984., United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps., Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971., American Legion., Federation of Allied Legions., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Oaths--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1002; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1002
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358790

Title: Berlin Counsellor for Roman Catholic interest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #810 BERLIN COUNSELLOR FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC INTEREST Father Peter Buchholz is the Counsellor [sic. Councillor] for Roman Catholic interests and chairman of the Office for Church Affairs of the Berlin city government. For twenty years he was chaplain at the Plotzensee Prison near Berlin. During the Nazi regime he ministered to over 1000 political prisoners who were sentenced to die by hanging. These included Catholics executed for the famous July 20 attempt on Hitler’s life. Father Buchholz and other Catholic clergymen in Berlin frequently wear ordinary street clothes when engaging in civil affairs. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-LM-11-26-5)
Creator Name(s): Turner. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Buchholz, Peter., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Diplomatic service.
Topical Subject(s): Church and state--Germany--Berlin., Prison chaplains--Germany., Christian leadership--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Schleswig-Holstein--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 810; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358850

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