Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II

476. Prayer of St. Francis of Sales, Elson, 9 Lives, 59. Used by permission. Corrected version from www.catholic.org.

477. “The Story of the Prayer,” by Msgr. James H. O’Neill, www.pattonhq.com. Article includes these notes: “From the Review of the News 6 October 1971. This article appeared as a government document in 1950. At the time it appeared in the Review of the News, Msgr. O’Neill was a retired Brigadier General living in Pueblo, Colorado.”

478. Crosby, Battlefield Chaplains, 149, www.kansaspress.ku.edu. Used by permission of the publisher.

479. Ibid.

480. Charles Ziers, “A Purple Heart,” Central Illinois World War II Stories, atlas.illinois.edu. and “Memorial Day-Letter from WWII Soldier,” www.blackfive.net.

481. Ibid.

482. Ibid.

483. Spellman, The Risen Soldier, 6–7, 10.

484. Skelly, The Military Chaplaincy of the U.S. Army, 16, quoting from Eichhorn, The GI’s Rabbi.

485. Avigdor, From Prison to Pulpit, 230. Used by permission.

486. Patricia Moorhead, “An Irish Chaplain’s Memories of D-Day Landings,” WW2 People’s War, www.bbc.co.uk.

487. Ibid.

488. Barrie Stephenson, “The Simple Faith of a Prisoner of War,” WW2 People’s War, www.bbc.co.uk.

489. Ibid.

490. North, War Stories III, 265.

491. Ibid.

492. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II, 441, quoting Martha Gellhorn.

493. Ibid., 445.

494. Lewis, D-Day, 279.

495. Lawrence Donkin, “Two Wars,” WW2 People’s War, www.bbc.co.uk.

496. Ibid.

497. Carroll, Grace under Fire, 84–85.

498. Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, 194.

499. Spellman, The Risen Soldier, 33–35.

500. Greg Bradsher, “Nazi Gold: The Merkers Mine Treasure,” The U.S. National Archives, www.archives.gov.

501. George VI, radio broadcast, VE Day, 8 May 1945, The British Monarchy, www.colinburns.com.

502. Abraham Lincoln, in response to a question during the Civil War, www.collegeboard.com and www.leaderu.com.

503. Potter and Nimitz, Seapower, 827.

504. “Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt,” The Avalon Project, www.yale.edu.

505. “Antwerp Ahoy,” by an unknown author. Found in the ship’s library of the SS John W. Brown, www.liberty-ship.com.

506. Congressional Medal of Honor citation, Capt. Joseph T. O’Callahan, www.medalofhonor.com.

507. Capt. Joseph T. O’Callahan, www.medalofhonor.com/worldwariio.htm.

508. “USS Franklin : Struck by a Japanese Dive Bomber During World War II,” www.history.net.

509. Miller, The Story of World War II, 542.

510. Ibid., 541.

511. Ibid.

512. Ibid., 554.

513. Ibid., 552.

514. Ibid., 553.

515. O’Neill , The Oxford Essential Guide to World War II, 206.

516. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II, 551–52.

517. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book, 75.

518. Carroll, Grace under Fire, 67–68.

519. New York War Stories, “Approaching the End of World War II Veterans,” submitted by John Bezpa, WNET New York, www.thirteen.org.

520. Ibid.

521. Crosby, Battlefield Chaplains, 201, www.kansaspress.ku.edu. Used by permission of the publisher.

522. Ibid., 226.

523. Religion and Ethics Newsletter, May 28, 2004, www.pbs.org. Excerpt from National Cathedral’s exhibition, “Faith and Courage: U.S. Chaplains Service in World War II.”

524. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book, 12.

525. Rose, Evidence Not Seen, 198. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

526. Ibid.

527. “Biography of Harry S. Truman,” www.whitehouse.gov.

528. “Harry Truman Speaks,” compiled by Raymond Geselbracht, Truman Library Archival Reference, www.trumanlibrary.org.

529. Ibid.

530. Ibid.

531. “Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945,” National Diet Library, Government of Japan, www.ndl.go.jp/constitution.

532. Hersey, Hiroshima, 61.

533. Hymn 123, Lutheran Hymnal, selected verses. www.lutheran-hymnal.com.

534. Hersey, Hiroshima, 124–25.

535. The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu.

536. Edward Andrusko, “Silent Night, Holy Night,” The Ukranian Weekly, Dec. 22, 2002, No. 51, www.ukrweekly.com.

537. Ibid.

538. Litoff and Smith, Since You Went Away, 116–17.

539. Frank Curry Diary, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers, www.vac- acc.gc.ca.

540. Excerpts from FDR’s Christmas Address, The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu.

541. Walter Kent and James Gannon, August 24, 1943.

542. Rose, Evidence Not Seen, 206–7. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

543. Miller, History of World War II, 34–35, radio address of General Douglas MacArthur, Sept. 2, 1945.

544. Ibid., preface. Official statements by Franklin D. Roosevelt selected by the White House from radio addresses and messages to Congress.

545. Ibid.

546. Ibid., 31–32.

547. Ibid., 33.

548. Dabbs, World War II Shared Memories, 138–39.