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Pilots is the first comprehensive look at the role of the Army chaplaincy at the divisional level.In August 1917, the U.S. 26th "Yankee" Division was formally activated for service in World War I. When the soldiers arrived in France, they were accompanied by more than three dozen volunteer chaplains. These clergymen experienced all the horrors of war, shared all the privations of the common soldier, and earned the love and affection of their "boys." Two died, several were gassed or wounded, and many were decorated by France and the United States for their heroism, yet their stories have been…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2014University of Missouri Press · 216 pages · 9780826220318
World War, 1914-1918United States. Army. Division, 26thUnited StatesChaplainsUnited States. Army. Chaplain CorpsVeteransMilitary chaplainsCampaigns