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Title
[Chaplain
arrives
by
helicopter
to
say
Mass]
Alternate Title
Fire
base
chaplain
Creator
Potter
,
Kent
Publisher
New
York
:
United
Press
International
,
1968
Physical Description
1 photograph : black and white ; 26 x 21 cm
Summary
"
Father
John
Resch
, the
Roman
Catholic
priest
who
is
airlifted
to
20
isolated
artillery
batteries
each
week
to
say
Mass
,
arrives
via
chopper
at a
Communist-infested
hill
in the A
Shau
Valley.
"; "
Father
John
Resch
stood
behind
four
stacked
ammunition
cases
which
served
as an
altar
and
told
a
dozen
shirtless
,
dirty
GIs
about
the
transfiguration
of
Jesus
. The
Roman
Catholic
priest
,
who
is
airlifted
to
20
isolated
artillery
batteries
each
week
to
say
mass
,
spoke
quietly
and
paused
at
regular
intervals
so
the
sound
of
exploding
155-millimeter
Howitzer
shells
would not
interrupt
too
much
. The
priest
and
12
men
stood
around
the
altar
,
holding
well-worn
prayer
books
,
high
atop
an
unnamed
hill
in the
Communist-infested
A
Shau
Valley
and
tried
not to
flinch
when
the
artillery
hit
nearby
. In the
valley
below
,
2,000
allied
paratroopers
carried
on with the
Vietnam
War
. The
priest
looked
at his
flock
. There was
mud
on their
faces
,
dirt
matted
in their
hair
and the
sweat
beaded
and
glistened
on their
shirtless
bodies
. The
men
had
only
a
few
minutes
before
they
must
return
to the
valley
below
and the
fighting
.
Resch
, an
Army
captain
from
Seattle
,
Wash.
,
glanced
at an
explosion
nearby
and
spoke
a
little
faster
.
Resch
described
how
Jesus
walked
up
to
Mt
.
Tabor
and was
transfigured
before
the
eyes
of his
apostles
Peter
,
James
and
John
. "The
mountain
Christ
climbed
was
much
like
this"
Resch
said
. " He
did
not
arrive
on a
helicopter
, but
let
us
think
of him
coming
up
this
mountain
to
us.
" The
sun
filtered
through
the
rain
clouds
and
struck
the
golden
ciborium
on the
ammunition
cases
that
made
an
altar
, and the
12
men
followed
Father
Resch's
recitation
of the
Lord's
Prayer
in
unison
. The
men
squeezed
their
eyes
tightly
shut
, the
better
to
deafen
the
sounds
of
war
. They
prayed
in
barely
audible
voices
,
knowing
it
was not
necessary
they be
heard
by
anyone
on the
mountain
. "
Our
father...
"; "What the
hell
has he
got
down
there?
"; "
Who
art
in
heaven...
"; "
Enemy
troops...on
the
move
near
the
woodline.
"; "
Hallowed
be
thy
name...
"; "
Let's
get
the----this
time.
"; "
Thy
kingdom
come...
"; "
Battery
ready!
"; "
Thy
will be
done...
"; "
Fiiiiire!
" These
United
Press
International
photos
by
staff
photographer
Kent
Potter
show
Father
Resch
, a
fire
base
chaplain.
"
Notes
Title
and
summary
from
news
agency
copy
attached
to
verso.
;
United
Press
International
stamp
on
verso.
; "
SGP
1605334.
"; "
Credit
(UPI
Photo)
10/5/68.
"; This
is
one
of
several
photographs
from
United
Press
International
that
share
the
same
title
but have
different
content
. To
make
identification
of
each
record
easier
, the
cataloger
has
either
created
a
distinct
title
for this
item
or
used
a
secondary
title
(where
provided
in the
news
agency
copy)
as a
245
field
and
retained
the
caption
title
as a
246
field
.
LC Subject Headings
Catholic Church.
United States. Army--Chaplains.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Military helicopters.
A Shau Valley (Vietnam)
Type
Photographic prints--1960-1970
Time Period
Vietnam War (primarily 1964-1975)
Added Entry
United Press International.
Call #
PHOTO
01170
Item #
701255
OCLC number
904250496
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