Soldiers of a Different Cloth tells the story of thirty-five chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II.
Soldiers of a Different Cloth tells the story of thirty-five chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Autorenporträt
John Wukovits is a New York Times best-selling author and military historian specializing in the Pacific theater of World War II. He is the author of many books, including Tin Can Titans, Hell from the Heavens, For Crew and Country, One Square Mile of Hell, and Pacific Alamo. He has also written numerous articles for such publications as WWII History, Naval History, and World War II. He lives in Michigan. Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., is president of the University of Notre Dame. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987.
Inhaltsangabe
FOREWORD PREFACE CHRONOLOGY Part 1. THE CHAPLAINS HEAD TO WAR, 1920s to DECEMBER 1943 1. "Our First Baptism of Blood": War Opens in the Philippines 2. "The Chaplain Is the Servant of God for All": Chaplains in War Training 3. "Surely War Is a Dirty Game": The Chaplains Go to War Part 2. CHAPLAINS AT THE BATTLEFRONT, JANUARY 1943 to DECEMBER 1944 4. "I Never Expected to Come Out of the Philippines Alive": Chaplains in the Pacific, 1943 5. "Daily Was I Shelled, Nightly Was I Bombed": Father Barry from Sicily to Rome 6. "Face to Face with the Realism, the Tragedy, and the Horror of the War": Father Sampson at D-Day 7. "Our Chaplains Are Becoming More Scattered Every Week": Chaplains in the Pacific, 1944 8. "Hope Mr. Hitler Goes Underground Before Winter": Chaplains in Europe to the End of 1944 Part 3. ONWARD TO VICTORY, JANUARY 1945 to PRESENT 9. "I Had the Devil Scared Out of Me Many a Time": Closing in on Japan 10. "Facing the Insanity of Himmler's Madmen": Onward to Victory in Europe 11. "You Could Have Heard My Cheer in Niles": Onward to Victory in the Pacific 12. "I Have Seen My Share of Blood, Death, Mud, Hunger and Cold": Home
FOREWORD PREFACE CHRONOLOGY Part 1. THE CHAPLAINS HEAD TO WAR, 1920s to DECEMBER 1943 1. "Our First Baptism of Blood": War Opens in the Philippines 2. "The Chaplain Is the Servant of God for All": Chaplains in War Training 3. "Surely War Is a Dirty Game": The Chaplains Go to War Part 2. CHAPLAINS AT THE BATTLEFRONT, JANUARY 1943 to DECEMBER 1944 4. "I Never Expected to Come Out of the Philippines Alive": Chaplains in the Pacific, 1943 5. "Daily Was I Shelled, Nightly Was I Bombed": Father Barry from Sicily to Rome 6. "Face to Face with the Realism, the Tragedy, and the Horror of the War": Father Sampson at D-Day 7. "Our Chaplains Are Becoming More Scattered Every Week": Chaplains in the Pacific, 1944 8. "Hope Mr. Hitler Goes Underground Before Winter": Chaplains in Europe to the End of 1944 Part 3. ONWARD TO VICTORY, JANUARY 1945 to PRESENT 9. "I Had the Devil Scared Out of Me Many a Time": Closing in on Japan 10. "Facing the Insanity of Himmler's Madmen": Onward to Victory in Europe 11. "You Could Have Heard My Cheer in Niles": Onward to Victory in the Pacific 12. "I Have Seen My Share of Blood, Death, Mud, Hunger and Cold": Home
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