Army & Navy: Paratroop Parson

He is the only parson paratrooper in the U.S. His formal title is Lieut. Raymond S. Hall, and he is chaplain (Episcopal) of the Provisional Parachute Group at Fort Benning.

When he was assigned to Fort Benning in January, middle-sized, softspoken, muscular Chaplain Hall did not plan to do any jumping. But some of the boys suggested that he might make a jumper, and so he went...

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