ing chaplain should take the initiative and let it be known connection with operations against the enemy on 20 that he stands ready to advise with the clients of the doc- March 1945, while serving as chaplain aboard a carrier. tors and lawyers of his community in their marital, social, Comdr. Alvo O. Martin, ChC, USNR, Congregational. and personal problems. ist, for meritorious achievement against the enemy while
Still another technique can be carried back home with serving as Division Chaplain during the campaign for profit, and that is the practice born out of necessity, of Iwo Jima from 8 January 1945 to 16 March 1945 and for drawing upon life about us for sermon ideas and illustra- the rehabilitation period from 17 March 1945 to 3 Sep. tions. Few chaplains were able to take even a modest tember 1945. working library with them. Many have testified that their preaching became more Bible centered. Chaplains who Navy Awards and Citations preached tomen facing death found that they could not do otherwise than to speak about the eternal verities of Previous issues of THE ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAIN life. They learned from experience that service personnel have contained statistics on the number of chaplains from wanted short pungent sermons. While the returning chap- the two branches of the Armed Services who have been lain will welcome more time with his books, yet he will decorated. The disproportionate number of Army chap. surely take back home with him valuable new sermonizing lains receiving decorations in comparison to the Navy is attitudes which should be refreshing and stimulating to more apparent than real, because many of the citations for the home folk. Navy chaplains have not been released by the Section of f ft ft Medals and Awards, Bureau of Naval Personnel. The Articles on Chaplaincy of Other Nations citations for some Navy chaplains, decorated before re: Will Be Continued. turning to the United States, are among those not yet released.
We have responses from the Principal Chaplains of the released. United Kingdom, South Africa, and Canada, agreeing to send in historical accounts of the Chaplaincy in their par- The Army Honor Roll ticular countries. These records should'be of great interest. As of March 31, 1946, the records of the Office of the a a ~Chief of Chaplains show the following casualties and Most General Complaint. decorations of the Chaplain Corps: Most General Complaint.
The nonreceipt of the magazine is the most general com- 1. Casualties:
plaint the Editors receive concerning the publication and a. Killed in action, including 12 lost in sinking of the Association. We can only say HELP! Send in your Japanese prison ships, and 1 killed during change of address! We are simply snowed-under with bombing in Germany ..................... 77
returned magazines and returned first-class mail. b. Deaths nonbattle, including 5 died in Japanese prison cam p ........................... 77
c. Wounded in action, including those not hosEx-chaplain identifies picture of Easter service aboard ship pitalized ............................... 250
used in last issue of THE ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAIN. 2. Returned to Military Control:
The service is aboard the Cruiser Sante Fe (CL60); a. From German prison camps...............21
the chaplain is Seth Russell, Methodist; the time is Easter a. From JapGermanse prison camps ............... 16
1943. I succeeded Chaplain Russell on the Sante Fe and b. From Japanese prison camps .1 have a copy of this picture in my files. 3. Decorations: JAMES B. STOREY, a. Distinguished Service Cross ................ 18
Charles Town, West Va. b. Distinguished Service Medal ...............3
c. Silver Star .............................. 152
d. One Oak Leaf Cluster to Silver Star ........ 11
Additions to List of Navy Chaplains Decorated e. Two Oak Leaf Clusters to Silver Star ........ 1 World War II f. Legion of Merit ....................... 76
Bronze Star g. Oak Leaf Cluster to Legion of Merit ........ 1
Lt. Donald W. Mayberry, ChC, USNR, Episcopalian, h. Soldier's Medal ......................... 22
for meritorious service in connection with operations i. Bronze Star ............................. 1100
against the Japanese enemy on Okinawa, during the period j. One Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star ....... 102 from 1 April to 21 June 1945. k. Two Oak Leaf Clusters to Bronze Star ....... 3
Lt. (jg) Earl R. Brewster, ChC, USNR, Methodist, for I. Air Medal .............................. 9
heroic achievement while interned at the Prisoner of War m. Commendation Ribbon ................... 11
Camp, Davao Penal Colony, Philippine Islands area. n. Purple Heart .................. ..... .327
Capt. Francis Lee Albert, ChC, USN, Baptist (S), for o. One Oak Leaf Cluster to Purple Heart ....... 30 meritorious service in administering to the spiritual wel- p. Two Oak Leaf Clusters to Purple Heart ..... 3 fare and morale of Naval personnel whose duties were in q. Three Oak Leaf Clusters to Purple Heart .... 1 connection with operations against the enemy. r. Four Oak Leaf Clusters to Purple Heart ..
Comdr. Samuel Beecher Bennett, ChC, USN, Methodist, s. Five Oak Leaf Clusters to Purple Heart I for distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement in t. Foreign Decorations .................... 34
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