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                            CONFESSIONS IN THE FIELD

       After hearing a large number of confess,ions in the fieid, the
   B~tt~1io~';Ch~Pl~i~ assigned the ~arine ie Our Father~ and 1~ Hail
   ~Lry'.5.*a.s:'a*.pen&nce  The-Marine said,.'.How do they go Father?'
       The. c; haplain retorted *you should have learned that in
   Catholic. school!
       *What Catholic school, Father?' -*The Marine said,    "I'm
 * ~aptist'!

                                   LAST RITES

       I was called with the Bn Surgeon to the side of a severely
   wounded EPW.  We put him on the hood of an MI Si to transport to
   the battalion aide station.      As the Chaplain crawled on the hoo~
   as well to hold the EPW from falling.
       The cross I wore fell out of `fly T-shirt.    The EPW said
   `Christian"?
       `Yes' I said,  `Byzantine Catholi~'.
       He smiled and said,     `Chaldean Catholic'.
       I gave him last rites on the hood of a jeep goinci across the
   desert.  His name was Jamil.

         Subinitted by:     T. R. Borger, Lt, CHC, USN, 1st~r*, 3d~ar

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