FROM THE PRESIDENT OF MCA THE MILITARY CHAPLAIN
The Chaplain lost a great National Headquarters: 1710 16th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009 friend in Dwight D. Eisen- Telephone: 232-1667 hower. Throughout his military career he held the Chap- Vol. XLII MARCH-APRIL, 1969 No. 2 lain in highest regard and
sought to strengthen the Articles in this publication express the point of view of the authors only and not necessarily those of the Association or of the Services. moral and spiritual forces of Published 6 times a year by the Military Chaplains Association and his command. Because of issued bi-monthly. Editorial and Executive offices, 1710 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington 9, D. C. Second Class Postage paid at Washington, this fact, the MCA in the D. C. This publication is mailed to all members of the Chaplains Association. Subscription to all others not eligible for membership are $5.00 Spring of 1955 bestowed per calendar year. Foreign subscriptions (non-members) are $6.00 per upon him its Annual Award. calendar year. Special Library Rate, 3 years for $12.00.
Dwight David Eisen- Karl Bennet Justus, Editor hower was the symbol of
everything that was good in
Dr. James Roy Smith the heart of America, her
Ch (COL) USAR greatness and her grandeur, but most of all her character as expressed through a person. it was his character that took captive the minds and hearts of men and nations.
President Richard M. Nixon called him an "authentic hero" and his career anthenticates this fact: General Eisenhower commanded the allied landing forces in North Africa, organized the expeditionary forces in Britain, led the Normandy invasion, defeated the German armies and received their surrender at Rheims. He started the occupation that was to rebuild Germany, returned to America to serve as Chief of Staff and left again for Europe to gather the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to forestall the threat of a new foe. He served as President of Columbia University before becoming the 34th President of the United States. Every honor his nation and her people could lavish upon him he justly deserved and The above photo, taken at Fort Meade, shows a group humbly received, of Army Jewish Chaplains. Reading from the left they What combined in this man to bring out his greatness? are: Sanford L. Dresin, Ch (COL) Joseph B. Messing, CSenior Jewish Army Chaplain, David H. Bader, Franklin Certainly it is difficult to describe. It was his utter sincerity Breslau and Ira Bader. The occasion was a retreat for First which won for him the love and respect of his countrymen. Army Jewish Chaplains held at Fort Meade, 11-13 March. It was his sense of judgment which enabled him to strip It is not often that more than one Jewish Army Chaplain away the superficial and base a decision on the important is found under the same roof or even in the same area. matter. It was his sense of humility which enabled him to Fort Dix is the only Army post in the continental United walk amongst the great of the world without pretense or States with more than one Jewish Chaplain. sham. It was his estimate of the worth of man, anchored This retreat was organized by Chaplain Dresin, Jewish in his understanding of the worth God placed upon man. chaplain at Fort Meade-and it was a first meeting of its It was his humble acknowledgement of himself as a child kind planned to afford an opportunity to get together and of God as expressed in the prayer he wrote for his own discuss mutual problems and exchange ideas. It will now be Snaguration In all of this we see that his greatness came an annual event. Throughout the conference, there was concentration on problems and situations peculiar to Jewish not from the office he occupied, the position he held, or Chaplains in the Army. There was also an effort to prepare the mission he performed, but from the springs of his the participating rabbis for possible service in Vietnam or
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