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His time during the war, he said i would lie down on my cot at night and i had a 45 automatic under each side of my pillow in case the japanese called in at night to attack us. And then finally, one marine grunt on one of the islands told this story. He said im a roman catholic, ive been to Holy Communion and all kinds of environments and places in this war but he said i was in the most singular one ive ever seen. He said, i heard that over in the clearing there was going to be a mass said and we could receive communion and he said i went over and he said the priest had his communion set out o...

Because most protestants in germany were lutherans and one who was roman catholic. So he called upon two highly decorated, highlyrespected men who were fluent in german. Henry garriky was a missouri lutheran who grew up in southern missouri and had been in a germanspeaking family. There was a chaplain priest. He agreed to stay behind and so did henry. They decided to stay behind and minister to these guys that were on trial. Four of them would be acquitted. 11 ultimately were lynched. The others were given long prison terms. It never occurred to me what the two chaplains had to go through. Man...

Said to him, i died for all men and women, i want you to tell them what ive done for them and give them an opportunity to come unto me. Chaplain oconnor said very little about what the men that he worked with said or went through. He had a very high view of the stole and the fact that confession and discussion shouldnt be told. Garriky didnt say a whole lot. He said enough to say this. He said three or four of the men gave their lives to jesus christ and went and went and prayed for days on end seeking forgiveness for their sins. And he said i assured them he is faithful and just to forgive yo...

They came to be and what they did, and at the same time, i will give you some excerpts from the book, just enough to give you some flavor of this rather unusual bunch of american veterans. Then i will ask a few of these veterans to join me on the stage, and i will introduce them at that time. I will ask them a few questions to jumpstart the conversation, but at some point, i will just turn it over to you all and let you have a conversation with these pretty incredible guys. This book, project 9, is a result of a lot of research from around the country, and i will not go into that. But i was lu...

Chaplain to speak to men in dire straights. In fact, i had a piece that one of the chaplains wrote and it was very interesting and its this is, again, maybe hard for us to believe today living in the time that we live. Chaplain john ocallahan, who was the medal of honor winner on the uss franklin said this. Listen to these words. The power of the cross to inspire surpassed its power of recognition. Boys of all faiths would go anywhere if the chaplain would go with them. The chaplains had a cross on their helmet. They might have one on the back. He was talking he wasnt bragging about his role. ...