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It Could Be Worse… (Part 2)
It may be difficult not gathering for worship together during the COVID-19 pandemic, but just think, you could be gathering for worship in a barn … away from home … using a portable pump organ … in a combat zone!
The caption to this U.S. Army photograph dated 1944 reads:
Artillerymen attached to an Armored Unit attend Protestant Services held in a barn near France.
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U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo, ETO-HQ-44-17550 (TCK Archives)
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French Chaplains at Fort Saint Frederic
Model of Fort Saint Frédéric
Long before the American Revolution, British and French colonial powers both laid claim to the Champlain Valley and the strategically important peninsula known as Crown Point. With their occupation came chaplains to meet the religious needs of the Soldiers stationed there. The page on The Chaplain Kit, “French Chaplains at Fort. St. Frederic” lists the French chaplains who served during the French occupation from 1732-1758.
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The Chaplain Kit 