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Where Thousands Fell
Leonard, Williams J., S.j.
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Paperback. To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
InWhere Thousands Fell, Fr. William J. Leonard recounts his experiences as a priest-professor who left his books and put on a uniform so that fighting men might not be without the support of religious faith and practice. He tells the story of indoctrination in Chaplain School, of his first awkward beginnings in a stateside camp, of life aboard a transport threatened by enemy submarines, of heat and malarial mosquitoes and incessant rain in a rear-echelon base deep in the jungles of New Guinea, of the bloody beach-head in the Philippines and the immense effort to mount in Manila the assault ... Read more
InWhere Thousands Fell, Fr. William J. Leonard recounts his experiences as a priest-professor who left his books and put on a uniform so that fighting men might not be without the support of religious faith and practice. He tells the story of indoctrination in Chaplain School, of his first awkward beginnings in a stateside camp, of life aboard a transport threatened by enemy submarines, of heat and malarial mosquitoes and incessant rain in a rear-echelon base deep in the jungles of New Guinea, of the bloody beach-head in the Philippines and the immense effort to mount in Manila the assault ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Kansas City, United States
ISBN
9781556127564
SKU
V9781556127564
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Leonard, Williams J., S.j.
Rev. William J. Leonard, S.J. was born and raised in Boston, entered the Society of Jesus, and was ordained a priest in 1937. A member of the Boston College Jesuit community since 1939, he taught in the theology department for some 34 years. From 1943 to 1946 he served as an Army Chaplain in the Southwest Pacific Theater.
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