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Author Shay, Michael E., author.

Title Sky pilots : the yankee division chaplains in World War I / Michael E. Shay ; jacket design, Susan Ferber ; interior design and composition, Richard Farkas.

Publication Info. Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The American Military Experience Series
American military experience series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1 "Sky Pilots" 1 -- 2 Early Days 31 -- 3 Toul Sector 51 -- 4 Aisne-Marne 67 -- 5 St. Mihiel and Troyon 87 -- 6 Verdun 97 -- 7 Going Home 111 -- 8 "Recalled to Life" 129.
Summary Sky Pilots is the first comprehensive look at the role of the Army chaplaincy at the divisional level. In August 1917, the U.S. 26th "Yankee" Division was formally activated for service in World War I. When the soldiers arrived in France, they were accompanied by more than three dozen volunteer chaplains. These clergymen experienced all the horrors of war, shared all the privations of the common soldier, and earned the love and affection of their "boys." Two died, several were gassed or wounded, and many were decorated by France and the United States for their heroism, yet their stories have been lost to history. Through extensive research in published and archival sources, as well as firsthand materials obtained from the families of several chaplains, Michael E. Shay brings to life the story of these valiant men--a story of courage in the face of the horrors of war and of extreme devotion to the men they served. Just as important, Sky Pilots follows the chaplains home and on to their subsequent careers. For many, their war experiences shaped their ministries, particularly in the area of ecumenism and the Social Gospel. Others left the ministry altogether. To fill in the chaplains' stories, Shay also examines the evolution of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, the education of the newly appointed chaplains, and the birth of the Yankee Division.
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War (1914-1918)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1914-1918
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Ferber, Susan, bookjacket designer.
Farkaš, Richard, designer, arranger of music.
Other Form: Print version: Shay, Michael E. Sky pilots : the yankee division chaplains in World War I. Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, ©2014 xxi, 216 pages American military experience series. 9780826220318
ISBN 9780826273246 (electronic book)
0826273246 (electronic book)
9780826220318
0826220312