Pacific Stars and Stripes, February
14, 1951
WITH 2D DIV., Korea-The 72d Tank Battalion's chaplain
says he "almost fell over" when one tank company alone donated $134
toward caring for Korean war orphans. Chaplain (Capt.) Paul M. Pease,
San Jose, Calif., says 72d tankers offered to help the orphanages after
he had turned down time and again pleas to adopt Korean waifs as mascots.
"A tank battalion is hardly the place
to raise children," Chaplain Pease told his men. But, after getting Eighth
Army approval, Chaplain Pease put up his hat in a convenient spot at Sunday
services and said any contributions for orphan care would be accepted.
He says the response was fine and the $134 from one company nearly floored
him.
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