in the 2nd Replacement Depot in place men killed and wounded in the German winter drive. Any- the European Theater. thing that would make Christmas * • * a little more cheerful for them JEWS VOLUNTEER was worth its weight in gold. (Continued on page 24) A REPLACEMENT DEPOT is one of the least cheerful places in the Army. It might be roughly compared to a railroad station Chanukah Greetings II waiting room. The big difference and Best Wishes to All t is that men waiting there (usually for days rather than hours) are MEYER KAUFFMAN /9 not going home for the holidays or on a vacation trip, but very and shortly will be moving into dan- WALLY FRIEDMAN ger. The men are casuals, most of them strangers to each other, INSURANCE AGENCY awaiting assignment to an organ- ization up forward. They do not have the close ties and esprit de corps of men who have fought to- gether in a unit. CHerry 4172 Most of those in the 2nd Re- placement Depot were due to re- - In .11VB Post War Secretary Hails the Jewish Chaplain a Rabbis Never Had a Moment of Rest Since Troops Were Widely Scattered By ROBERT P. PATTERSON Secretary of War OF THE BRIGHTEST O NE pages in the history of our war effort is the story of the chaplains who served our fighting men. I Aggressors who discard all spir- itual values depend on brute force alone to win their objective.- But a nation fighting for survival, fighting for a political and social idea based on the sacred charac- ter of the human individual, de- pends on more. The things of the spirit can be as important to it as guns and ammunition. We recognize 'that fact. The religious life of our men was a top priority. Every camp in this country had its place for religi- ous worship. The ships that carried food, ammunition and clothing overseas also carried religious supplies. And the chaplains were as essen- tial to us as the officers on the line or at headquarters. Our chaplains were given all the assistance we could give them. They had a vital mission to per- form — a mission which required untiring efforts and, in many cases, unfaltering courage. It was our duty to help them to the limit of our ability. a Friday, December 20, 1946 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Page Twenty.two ■ * DEMANDING TASK I THINK THAT OF all the chaplains, none had a more diffi- cult or demanding task than those of the Jewish faith. Because he served a group that was widely scattered throughout the armed forces, never concentrated in one place, the Jewish chaplain never had a moment of rest. In Europe, he was forced to spend much of his time traveling by jeep, and in the Pacific by , duck, covering great distances to reach his men. In Sicily. for instance, in Sep- tember 1943, after its liberation, there were only two Jewish chap- lains. To reach all of the .Towish men for the fast of Yom Kippur by jeep was a physical impossi- bility on a mountainous island ten thousand square miles in area. Chaplain Earl Stone of the 7th Army Headquarters and Chaplain Irving Tepper of the 9th Infantry Division took to the air, each of them in a liaison plane. As a result there was hardly a Jewish soldier who did not have the con- solation of religious services on that day. One group, whose base it was impossible for either of these men to reach, was able to attend Chaplain Tepper's services in Lyk- atta, because the Christian chap- lains in their outfit chartered a plane and had them flown there. * * $ eral times joined them at dinner. Conversation was at first car- ried on in fluent Italian by the priests, and in very faltering Ital- ian by the chaplain. Finally, by agreement, they switched to French. Prior to his departure for England, the priests, as a sign of their affection for him, presented Chaplain Tepper with a Catholic religious medal and .. . an Italian grammar. He carried on for the men of the 9th through the battle of the hedgerows in Normandy and died in combat in August of 1944 as his division was choking off the remnants of the Nazi 7th Army at the Falaise gap. He was a good chaplain, a pat- riotic American and a heroic sol- dier. His Army record well illus- trates how the chaplains of all faiths strengthened us in the struggle for victory by making a substantial contribution to the spirit of our fighting men. Neighborly tolerance is an Am- erican trait. I think it is strong- er than ever as a result of the war which brought together in close contact 12 millions of our young men from every part of the coun- try, from every group of our people. * $ , 501 Book Bldg. $ BELIEVE IN TOLERANCE CONTACTS AND CLOSENESS do not necessarily increase toler- ance. Sometimes differences are emphasized and prejudices fan- ned into flame. The risk of this is greatly abated if men in posi- tions of leadership are themselves imbued with tolerance and eager to develop it among those they counsel and guide. Such men were the chaplains. Situations such as that at Dan- iel Field in Georgia illustrate their attitude. The Methodist chaplain there reported: "My as- sistant is a Jew; the Catholic chaplain has a Protestant for his assistant; one of the Protestant ^haplains has a Catholic and the other a Negro for his assistant. Perfect harmony prevails." That one field is indicative of a universal spirit among the chap- Wholesale Beef 2350 SCOTTEN AVE. LAfayette 0863 /11111111111111111•11•11 • Chanukah Greetings WEE FOLKS BABY LAUNDRY HO. 8446 and BEST WISHES fr- Chanukah Greetings .. . 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CHRISTIN NORMOYLE GIFTS TO A JEW INCIDENTALLY, CHAPLAIN TEPPER, in escorting Catholic men of his outfit to a local Sici- lian church, became acquainted with the village priests and soy- CHANUKAH GREETINGS MILTON' WEILL, New York, has been named chairman of the Army and Navy Committee of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The committee directs and coordinates JWB's program of welfare, religious and morale services for the armed forces. Weill succeeds Walter Roth- schild of Brooklyn. To You, Friends and Neighbors, Whom We Have Been Privileged to Serve Over the Many Years, We Extend Our Greetings and Best Wishes for a Very Joyous Holiday! * * FRANK SEDER AND