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Show Men Face Death and God In a report to the War Department, Depart-ment, the Rev. Dr. Daniel Poling, who toured the Pacific theater as an envoy of the President, assures as-sures American fathers and mothers that they "need have no fear that loved ones will forget their God." We doubt that American fathers fath-ers and mothers require any assurance as-surance on this point but it is interesting to note that Dr. Poling finds that Army chaplains are "performing -one of the greatest services of all times." We have always found it difficult dif-ficult to understand the fear of some Americans that our soldiers and sailors will drift away from God while engaged in the service serv-ice of their country. Certainly, men who look death in the face daily are inclined to think of eternal verities. In fact, many fighting men have given more serious thought to religious matters mat-ters than they would have done at home. |