United States Navy Chaplain Corps - Yearbook

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Ochon Church. Chaplain Richard D. Cleaves stands in the pulpit of the Ochon Church which he helped build with donations from the Marines. With him, on the right, is the Reverend Teun Byung Sik, of Pohang, and on the left is Elder .Ieung Duck Su of the Ochon Church. An interpreter stands on the far side. The church is filled to capacity twice on Sundays. K n it sca J . v,:A.Q...5f WT. ' , wr ,. ' X ig lg St. Michael's Church, A view of the Catholic church to which the lst MAW contributed 34,000 for its erection. D W Weil Eden Cfwmg ISKUTS dre dglll The Wd. dyswelcomed and PU. Mm The Eden of Angels. This city operated orphanage extends helping hand to all orphans. It is supported for the most part by donations from the lst MAW and feeds and Clothes about 150 chil- dren from 3 months to 17 years of age. A Memorial Check. Chaplain Allen Jones gives a check sent by Mrs. O. P, Higgins as a memorial to her son, who was a Marine pilot killed in action in Korea. to a representative of the Agapei Orphanage near Hunghei, Korea. The sonls name was Capt. William Higgins. U.S. Marine Orphanage. An aerial view of the orphanage. The section in the back was the first section. The section on the left was built later. Interestingly, it has a roof made of beer Cans. The land which was purchased for cultivation was to the right of of the photograph. U.S, Marine Orphanage4l959. The institution is still in need of help. Here is a view of the section built during the Korean conflict. -226-

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f li' ,ff I, Eden Orphanage. Say It With Flowers. Chaplain Joseph H. Lampe is shown putting the Hnishing The Korean lass is doing just that. The recipient is Chaplain touches on the first permanent building of the orphanage Stephen G. Horvath of the lst MAW in gratitude for his which was built by men of the Marine Air Group 12 on land work for the Saint Michaels Church in Pohang-dong. which they purchased for that purpose. The church was built with donations from his unit and this is the occasion of the dedication of the church. . ff! ,ff fi .5 Kg S' 1 Gratitude. Visiting Orphans. A hand woven tapestry is presented to Chaplain Richard D. Pohang Catholic Orphanage is visited by Force Chaplain S. B. Cleaves for his assistance to the Ochon church. Bennett and other chaplains. Pictured here are Qleft to rightj Father Lois Leo DesLandes, who is in charge of the orphanageg Chaplain John D. Gould, Chaplain Jeremiah F. Gearang and Chaplain Bennett. -2254-

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! ' ' Visiting Chaplain at Clinic. Ihaplain Bennett, force chaplain, pats a child on the head which is strapped to the back of the mother, as a group of of patients await their turn at the U.S. Marine Memorial Childrenls Clinic, Pohang, which welcomes all Korean babies and children for treatment, Chaplain Bennett vis- ited the clinic during his tour of the lst MAW. ,wa -..,v nr U.S. Marine Orphanage- 1 95 9. Chaplain R. W. Aldrich meets with the superintendent of the orphanage who is holding one of his charges. His name is Chung Jin Yurl. His assistant who is also pictured on the left is Su Tu Po. The plaque reads HMarine Memorial Orphanage, Founded by First Marine Air Wing, USMC . and contains the Marine insignia. In the background one sees a present day picture of what was the first buildings of the orphanage somewhat improved. Voman Although American troops were only in North Korea for a brief time they gave as much aid as they ould to the civilians they found there. In Wonsan as has been noted 'T Chaplain Murphy ff lst MAW reorganized the Catholic group and in .ddition formed the North Korean Catholic Relief Lociety. He arranged for captured grain and beans 0 be rationed daily to the poor of the city. The Fuck Won Monastery which had been razed by the Iommunists was repaired by UN forces. Chaplain Iarr and Chaplain Kenneth W. Carlson, Baptist Gen. Conf. of Americaj , tell of the need of the medi- al facility at Wonsan, speaking of the limited inven- ory consisting of a bottle of pills and a snake bottled n formaldehyde. Both appear to have used a Korean riest and Latin to translate the names and usages of e drugs surveyed by the ships' medical officers and given to the facility. In the winter of 1951-52 the WISCONSIN picked 'T Cp. pp. 34-f. 5315332 0-G04---16 T up a North Korean in Wonsan harbor who had been fired upon when he evidently was attempting to swim to an UN occupied island. He was given blood transfusions and every effort was made to save his life. He died and both chaplains, H. YV. Buckingham and E. Kapalczynski, participated in the committal servicefm Chaplain john H. Shilling, Methodist, in the PHILIPPINE SEA tells of planes taking supplies obtained from the states to Koreans on Wotje Island, in Wonsan Harbor, who were cut off from a normal source of supply by Communists. Chaplain Garson Goodman assisted in the project of helping a Korean YMCA in Hamhung to reestab- lish itself. But, of course, all these activities in North Korea soon again came under Communist control. Kangnung 18 Much has already been written about HOperation Kidlift which brought 139 children, who had come 'II' Cp. pp. 116f. 1' See also pp. 114, 130,158,182 227-