Religion: The Church in Uniform

"We were slapped by one wing of the Red drive on Chinju," said the Rev. Carroll Chaphe. "The enemy mortars started cracking with the dawn . . . Our casualties were heavier than the medics could handle, but they kept working and I gave them a hand ... A light mortar dropped in ten feet from me, and they're still picking out the metal. When the medics repair this leg I'm going right back to those boys."

Last week Chaplain Chaphe, a veteran of World War II fighting on the Rhine, was in blue pajamas in a Tokyo hospital. He is one...

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