Chaplains, Military

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan (right) with the Congressional Medal of Honor. O'Callahan, a Catholic chaplain, risked his life to administer last rites to the dying on board the USS Franklin. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman (center) talks to Colonel L. Curtis Tiernan (right center) of Kansas City, Missouri, Chaplain of the U.S. Forces European Theater of Operations, after church services in the conference area in Berlin, Germany. The President is attending the Potsdam Conference and is reunited with his chaplain from World War I. Behind President Truman on the left is Major General Harry Vaughan. On the right is Fred Canfil. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

A chaplain leads religious services at a base, somewhere in Korea during the Korean War. All are unidentified. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Chaplain George Williams holds a Korean child on his lap, somewhere in Korea during the Korean War. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (seated, center), with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (standing, left), and Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (standing, right) at a dinner. All others are unidentified. Date, location, and event are all unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) places money in a donation sock at a dinner. Also in attendance is United States Navy Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (center). Military officer on the left is unidentified. Date and location are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (seated, center) at a dinner event with Francis Cardinal Spellman (seated, left), General Willis Crittenberger (standing, left), and Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (standing, right). The man seated on the right is unidentified. Exact date and location are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (front center) is pictured with Francis Cardinal Spellman (front row, left), General Willis Crittenberger (standing, second from left), Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (standing, third from left), and Admiral Thomas H. Binford (standing, second from right). All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) presents a Certificate of Achievement to Colonel Carmah C. Underwood, Chaplain of VII Corps.

First Lieutenant L. Curtis Tiernan (center), Chaplain, 129th Field Artillery, on a ship after World War I. Others are unidentified. From: 35th Division scrapbook