Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Teen age sunday school class at Vaihinger is taught by Brig Gen Harold k. Johnson 7th army. Soldier below discusses his problems with father Moore. 7th army chaplains it col Denis g. Moore left col Charles e. Brown jr., maj Curtis t. Spence. Maj h. W. Humphrey has sunday school class. Chaplain Drazin serves jewish soldiers. A . Chaplain says mass for troops in German Church. F v. A i Jwa s % i. Xiv  Way a a a behind the 7th army 8th inf div chaplain capt Paul e. Klett conducts service for troops at Grafe Woehr. Army photos by Henry b. Kraft staff writer behind every Man in the 7th army whether Buck private or general. Stands another Soldier who serves in the army of god. He s the chaplain. There Are about 140 of them in the 7th army Catholic protestant and jewish. At one time or another in his army career a Soldier gets to know one of them. Sometimes it is trouble that brings him before his chaplain sometimes it is a desire to know him As & Friend some times he needs the chaplain for the com forts religion can give. The army chaplain is quite a Man. Don t give him his rank lieutenant Captain colonel. Just Call him  prefers it that Way. It is what brings him closer to the Soldier who serves inthe 7th army. The 7th army chaplain does t spend All of his time in Church. In fact he spends most of his time at a desk. Got trouble see the chaplain. Hell set you straight. Need marriage counselling that s part of his Job too. Facing a Gen eral court martial the chaplain is there to talk to you and help. He is first fall humanitarian. 12 have you written Home if not Whynot so Many parents Back Home write to the chaplain asking him to see their boy. He visits orphans and orphanages an advises on their adoption. He helps refugees and other displaced persons. You can hardly think of a Job the chaplain does t do. Comes an Alert and he s Outwith the others. A chaplain must minister to the needs of All  the Man who said this was chaplain maj Curtis t. Spence assistant 7th army chaplain whose office is at head quarters in Vaihinger. He shares the of fice with chaplain col Charles , jr., newly arrived from washing ton who is 7th army chaplain. He is protestant. In the same office is chaplain it col Denis g. Moore. He is Catholic. Father Moore is from san Francisco. You May find him in anyone of a dozen different chapels or at his desk. I have to be in Many places because of a shortage of chaplains said father Moore. A chaplain assigned to Daminig the stars and stripes Tractive duties also performs a Complete parochial program in addition to the numerous other duties which evolve  then after a pause he added we Are Here for the  father Moore served during world War ii in Africa Sicily and Italy. He made three landings with the troops at Anzio Sicily and Africa while with the 3d inf div As chaplain of the 15th inf regt. And when the korean conflict broke out he was there too with the 5th inf regimental combat team As chaplain. Sit in Brown s office and look at his desk. It is loaded with papers letters documents just As if he were a big Busi Ness executive. He is that too. It is big business to run the scores of chapels in the 7th army and to direct 140 chaplains. Brown came to 7th army Froni Washington where for four years he was executive special assistant in the office of Chap lain maj Gen Patrick j. Ryan army chief of chaplains who retired oct. 31, 1958. He s a Kansan by birth born in Coldwater. However Denver is Home when he is there. Graduated from Iliff school of theology in Denver he at one time headed the Edgewater Community Church there and has been an army chaplain 19 years. A chaplain in the 7th army is responsible for from 2,000 to 3,000 persons said Brown. These people have nowhere else to go for religious services except to him. The chaplain is under tension All of the time because of his work. He has no other Clergyman to Call in to help him As would be the Case stateside and it takes much out of the  the unit chaplain the Man assigned to a battalion or larger outfit has no sine cure either. According to Spence a unit chaplain must see to the religious needs of All men of All faiths in his command it is his Job to see to it that services Are provided or that the men have Opportunity to attend services  in Short reserves not Only soldiers of his own Faith but those of other denominations. Spence once had a Church in fall River mass. Then in Lynn mass., he held the unitarian Church. He served As an army chaplain in world War ii and was re Friday february 20, 1959 called during the korean conflict. While a 7th army chaplain cannot As sume the responsibility of providing the actual religious rites of persons of an other Faith said Spence he must know the Basic fundamentals principles and history of the Man s denominational re  in the big Stuttgart Subarea jewish soldiers Are served by the youngest Chap lain in the . Army chaplain 1st it Israel Drazin of Baltimore my. He not Only serves jewish soldiers in the sub area but also Many who Are attached to 7th army units As far As Ulm. He is Only 23. Despite the enormous Burden that rests upon the shoulders of the average Chap lain he has never been known to grumble. He has the patience of Job and the sym Pathy and understanding of a Saint. He is compelled to probe deep into the human soul As a psychiatrist probes the mind. He brings peace and Consolation to those sick in heart. He is a Soldier like those he serves but he also marches in the army of god. Sunday morning going to Church at Patch Barracks 7th army Headquarters. 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