Cavalier (APA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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religou activitie t ...L - because transport division fifteen has been stationed aboard the division chaplain has made me his headquarters. protestant services were held regularly, almost every sunday, with chaplain collins in charge. roman catholic services were held whenever it was possible to secure civilian priests or chaplains from other ships. several marine roman catholic chaplains were with us on landing ever- cises and conducted mass and special services for the catholic men. during our iwo iima exercise, we were privileged to have a jewish chaplain aboard, quite unusual for any ship. regular bible study classes have been held on tuesday evenings and in the absence of the chaplain, the services have continued under the leadership of the class officers. when the chaplain has been absent, sewing on other ships, often the captain has conducted protestant services, assisted by members of the ship's company and staff. some of our most interestiig experiences overseas were in visiting orphanages and children's homesin iapan and korea. a group of our men located a small orphanage,Nthe sung ae wong orphanage, in inchon, and came back insisting that pos- sibly the crew could do something for them. a larger group r lO4

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' with a check in the 'gauging a short ceremony, miss cavalier was presented amount of S2,000, qontributed by personnel on board, to be used in aiding her to recovery after being crippled by polio. on board there was much confusion and hurrying by H1059 Wl10 Were oing on leave the ood 'was swamped with requests, qUeSfi0hS and 9, - . dignitaries coming andfgoing, as well as guests. at last the leave arty was gone f Jignitaries had gone and life again slowed to P 1 , 1 its normal pace e icurtain was rung down on another chapter in the history of the wvaliee- dab me ' - 'v' A+, , -r , N ,,,,,,.,,p0v .N x... ' - .iv X cf' QQ T'f'k

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.g,i51'Q i jg - .1553 if ' my V' Q w- Q ,, f ' Jig visited the home later, a committee was formed to determine some of the greatest needs, and my crew began donations. almost S200 worth of blankets was supplied to the needy group, along with some badly needed purgatives for the children. the children were given the thrill of their lives by a party aboard ship, and the afternoon of sharing and understanding: was great. I. another orphanage in inchon, the ke sung lmorninng stari orphanage, attracted a group of our men also. a group of about twenty officers and men spent the afternoon at the home itself, taking gifts, and en- ioying the day with the children. another proiect was the party in yokosuka at christ- mas for a group of 55 underprivileged children. a committee met the children at yokosuka's largest department store and outfitted each child with needed. clothing. then toys were selected for each youngster, which were placed under the christmas tree. on christ- mas day, the children swarmed aboard for a navy christmas dinner . 'he crew fook qdvqnfqge of several opportunities to visit missionaries of various churches. especially enioyable were the dinners, visits, elc' ln 'he h0meS.. of these fellow americans. in Y0k0l UmU, on TWQ, occasions, groups enioyed waffle supers at the home 5f thelfred hortons. it has been interesting to our men to visit the iapanese churches, with their different customs, but sincere worship of the true god. aoc 105