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James Hugh O'Neill was born on January 14, 1892, the son of William O'Neill and Catherine Enright O'Neill. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree (1911) and Master of Arts degree (1913) from Loyola University (Chicago), he entered Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on May 20, 1915.
From October 2016 to July 2019, Green was the command chaplain at Fort Shafter for the United States Army Pacific. [5] Green was named deputy chief of chaplains and promoted to brigadier general in August 2019. In December 2023, he was promoted to major general. He was formally promoted in a ceremony in March 2024. [5] [6]
Robert DuBois Workman (June 7, 1885 [1] – June 20, 1977) [2] was the U.S. Navy chief of chaplains during most of World War II from 1937 to 1945 and oversaw an increase of chaplains from less than 90 to more than 2800. He was of the Presbyterian faith. [3] Workman was the first Chief of Chaplains to be promoted to rear admiral while still on ...
Chaplain Arnold served two terms (8 years) as Chief of the Army Chaplain Corps and led the greatest transformation of the Army Chaplaincy. [6] On December 23, 1937, Arnold was appointed Chief of the Army Chaplain Corps by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with the rank of colonel. [3] He was the first Catholic to hold the office. [4]
Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. [9] The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the Board of Treasury of the United States and the Ohio Company of Associates, which set aside the College Lands to support a university, and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the ...
Chaplains of the United States Army (Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Army, 1958) Pickard, Scott D. "Co-workers in the field of souls: the Civil War partnership between Union chaplains and the US Christian Commission, 1861–1865." (2013). online; Shea, Michael E. Sky Pilots: The Yankee Division Chaplains in World War I (2014)
The award is named for The Four Chaplains, also referred to as the "Immortal Chaplains" or the "Dorchester Chaplains", who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the troopship SS Dorchester sank on February 3, 1943. [12] The Four Chaplains each helped other Soldiers board lifeboats and gave up their own life jackets when the supply ...
He was called both a "chaplain's chaplain" and a "soldier's soldier". [12] With the size of the army decreasing after the war, Ryan sought to increase chaplain numbers, especially in the United States Army Reserve and National Guard, to maintain higher proportions if the need rose again. [18] He retired as chief of chaplains on 30 October 1958. [7]