Religion: Chaplains in Bataan

From Melville Jacoby, TIME'S correspondent in beleaguered Bataan, comes this first report on how American soldiers in World War II are reacting to religion, under fire, and what the chaplains are doing at the front:

"More than one soldier, hearing bombs landing near by and not hurting him, or having a bullet nick in his helmet, admitted that he never believed in God before. Chaplains and others all agree that more people believe in God since the war has begun. The sight of a soldier sitting by a machine gun reading a Bible is not...

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