United States Navy Chaplain Corps - Yearbook

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Program will be traced, but with troops in far away parts of the world, eternal vigilancel' is still the watchword in this program. The chaplains, who were not with their men in com- bat but had to wait until they flew back on missions, worked just as faithfully with their men but whether aboard a vessel or at an air base they were able to de- vote more time and effort to care for the needs of the refugees. This does not mean at all that the infantry did not also work in this area, for all participated. The hospital ships, the MSTS, the battleships-all answered the call for help. The whole effort in re- storing or establishing schools, hospitals, and churches was a gigantic one, and one which appears unique in the annals of history. Armies are considered in the destructive sense. Whoever heard of an army taking time to rebuild what had been torn down by the shells of their own or their enemyis guns? Since when had it been the concern of the Fighting units to care for the widows, orphans, the sick and the destitute? And yet here it happened-in a section of the world where life had been considered cheap. Suddenly a western nation had shown compassion, had cared. Back of it all was the chaplain giving leadership and guidance to these projects. A number of practical improvements came out of the conflict. Better combat altar kits, better meth- ods and techniques in implementing the Moral Lead- ership Program were among these. But in the words of Maj. Gen. Clayton C. Jerome, Commanding Gen- eral of the lst Marine Air Wing, as he spoke of the relief work of this command The men of this command have undertaken completely on their own a tremendous project worthy of our finest Christian traditions, and it should be an inspiration to the millions of Americans who have loved ones here . . . Here is democracy as it is throughout the free world. It is this great display of humanitarianism that stands out so vividly as one looks at Korea. Thus one leaves the story of the naval chaplain in Korea. A story of bravery beyond the call of duty, a story of caring for one's fellowmen but as the his- tory closes the fighting man was to remain still in Korea. On bleak austere mountains he would watch across the neutral zone, but he would not be alone. God Is With Him. -237-

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IE i i Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish chaplains head the procession of pallbearers as the four caskets, containing the unidentified American servicemen, move toward the prow of the MANCHESTER. Pallbearers from the Tokyo Tri-Service Honor Guard stand at attention as final rites are performed under the 8-inch guns of the MANCHESTER. -236-

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Silver Star Bonner, R. A., USNR, BIBLE PRESBY Griffin, C. J., USN, RC Newman, Thomas A. Jr., USNR, BAP CAD Sporrer, O. E., USN, RC Legion of Merit Craven, H., USN, BAP CSD Ingvoldstad, O., Jr. CLUTHD Jones, Allen, USNR, PRESBY CUSD Peck, W. S., USN, PRESBY CUSAD Slattery, E. A., USN, RC Bronze Star Austin, H. E., USN, BAP CAD Byrnes, John P., USN, RC Cleaves, R. D., USNR, BAP CAD Cravenff H., USN, BAP CSD Cummins, G. W., USNR, BAP CAD Edwards, Thomas V., USNR, RC Ernst, Elmer F., USNR, RC Fenstermacher, Harry F., USN, EVAN REF Ferris, S., USN, METH Fitzgerald, C., USN, RC Gallagher, Joseph P. F., USNR, RC Groover, H. H., USNR, DISC Guillaume, L. A., USNR, RC Hayes, H. H., USNR, DISC Hickey, B. L., USN, RC Hoff, Cameron P., USNR, LUTH Ingvoldstad, O., USN, LUTH Jones, G., USN, BAP CAD Killeen, P. A., USN, RC La Duca, P. J., USNR, RC COFM CAPD Lampe, Joseph H., USNR, PRESBY CUSAD Lineberger, Ernest R., USNR, LUTH Lynch, E. M., USNR, RC COMID Markley, H., USN, METH Meachum, Lonnie W., USNR, BAP CSD Mendonsa, A. G., USNR, RC Moore, James C., USN, METH Moore, John T., USNR, RC CCSPD Murphy, P., USN, RC McDonald,. f D., USN, RC MCDOWC511, N. L., USNR, BAP CSD Newman, Thomas A., USNR, BAP CAD Peeters, R. T., USNR, RC Prickett, Albert D., USNR, BAP CSD Quirk, M., USNR, RC Reilly, G. J., USNR, RC CCPD 96 Received two Bronze Star medals. Rice, Leo F., USNR, RC Schwyhart, R. M., USN, BAP CAD Sobel, Samuel, USN, JEWISH Sporrer, O. E., USN, RC Tennant, W. G., USN, METH Trodd, P., USN, RC Van Antwerp, E. I., USNR, RC Willets, R. H., USNR, BAP CSD Air Medal Fitzgerald, C., USN, RC O'Neill, J., USNR, RC Letter of Commendation Awards Adams, Patrick, USN, RC Bakker, Peter J., USNR, BAP CAD Barlik, R. F., USNR, RC Brengartner, Robert E., USNR, RC Brooks, W. E., USN, BAP CAD Brown, J. C., USN, BAP CSD Callahan, T., USNR, RC Capers, K. H., USN, PRESBY CUSAD Chambers, Samuel D., USNR, PRESBY Cloonan, Joseph F., USN, RC Conlon, John B., USNR, RC Cook, A. R., USN, METH Crabtree, Roger L., USN, METH Cummings, H. H., USNR, PRESBY CUSD Duggan, Charles T., USNR, RC Duncan, H. C., USN, METH Elliott, Calvin H., USN, PE Ernst, Karl H., USNR, PRESBY CUSAD Fenning, R. C., USN, LUTH CMoSyD Frame, Clovis A., USN, METH Gallagher, P. F., USNR, RC Gibbons, A. R., USNR, RC Hayes, H. H., USNR, DISC Hearn, W. M., USN, BAP CAD Hollingsworth, E., III, USN, BAP CSD Horvath, S. G., USNR, RC Hutcheson, Richard G., Jr., USN, PRES Jolly, D. W., USN, PRESBY CUD Keaney, K. J., USN, RC Killin, K. D., USNR, PRESBY CUSAD Kirkland, Albert S., USN, NAZARENE Knapp, P. J., USNR, RC COFMD Kuhn, Gerald E., USNR, LUTH CMoSyD Kulinski, A. M., USNR, RC Lane, W. P., USNR, RC Lonergan, V. J., USN, RC Lyons, Earle V., USN, PRESBY CUSAD Lyons, W. N., USNR, BAP CAD CUSAD BY CUS