Larkin Spivey - Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II

529. Ibid.

530. Ibid.

531. “Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945,” National Diet Library, Government of Japan, www.ndl.go.jp/constitution.

532. Hersey, Hiroshima , 61.

533. Hymn 123, Lutheran Hymnal, selected verses. www.lutheran-hymnal.com.

534. Hersey, Hiroshima , 124–25.

535. The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu.

536. Edward Andrusko, “Silent Night, Holy Night,” The Ukranian Weekly , Dec. 22, 2002, No. 51, www.ukrweekly.com.

537. Ibid.

538. Litoff and Smith, Since You Went Away , 116–17.

539. Frank Curry Diary, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers , www.vac-acc.gc.ca.

540. Excerpts from FDR’s Christmas Address, The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu.

541. Walter Kent and James Gannon, August 24, 1943.

542. Rose, Evidence Not Seen , 206–7. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

543. Miller, History of World War II , 34–35, radio address of General Douglas MacArthur, Sept. 2, 1945.

544. Ibid., preface. Official statements by Franklin D. Roosevelt selected by the White House from radio addresses and messages to Congress.

545. Ibid.

546. Ibid., 31–32.

547. Ibid., 33.

548. Dabbs, World War II Shared Memories , 138–39.

LARKIN SPIVEY is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and a retired Marine Corps officer. He commanded infantry and reconnaissance units in combat, and was trained in parachute, submarine, and Special Forces operations. He was with the blockade force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and served President Nixon in the White House. As a faculty member at The Citadel, he taught courses in U.S. military history, a subject of lifelong personal and professional interest. He now writes full-time and resides in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with his wife, Lani, and their four children. He is a lay eucharistic minister of the Episcopal Church and has been actively involved in the Cursillo Christian renewal movement and the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. He has made numerous television and radio appearances nationwide and speaks frequently to church, veteran, and other groups with his patriotic and spiritual message. For more information about the author, his other books, and speaking engagements, visit: www.larkinspivey.com.

Action: Feb. 2, Mar. 7, July 2, Nov. 3

Angels: Feb. 5, June 13, Nov. 12, 23, Oct. 26

Anger: July 8

Armor of God: June 19, Oct. 5, Oct. 14, Nov. 14

Bible: May 18, Oct. 6, 11, 22, Nov. 26

Casting Lots: Jan. 11

Chaplains: Apr. 16, Mar. 11,12, May 3, 10, 18, 21, 24, 28–30, June 6, 27, Aug. 29, 31, Sept. 7–9, 14, 17, 23, Oct. 16, Nov. 16, 17, 20, 22, 28, 29, Dec. 4, 10, 11, 14

Children: Jan. 28, 30, Mar. 4, July 7, Aug. 23, Sept. 13, 25, Oct. 10

Christian Living/Service: Jan. 9, 13, Feb. 5, 9, 19, Mar. 7, 22, 27, Apr. 26, May 5–7, May 19, June 2, 14, July 4, 5, 13, 14, 24, Aug. 1, Sept. 6, Oct. 21, Nov. 3, 7, Dec. 28

Christmas: Mar. 27, Nov. 11, 17, Dec. 22–26

Church/ Body of Christ: Jan. 5, 23, 31, Mar. 7, 21, Apr. 28, May 6, 8, June 7, 8, 16, 21, 25, 27, 30, Oct. 3, 24, Nov. 1, 6, Dec. 22

Comforting/ Helping Others: Jan. 9, Feb. 9, Mar. 11, 14, Apr. 16, May 3, 28, June 26, Sept. 6, 7, 12, 14, 26, Nov. 13, 20, 22, Dec. 6, 7, 20

Corpsmen/Medics: Sep. 12, Dec. 7

Courage: Feb. 3, 21, 22, Mar. 2, 8, 16, 17, 26, May 12, 16, 23, June 4, 11, 21, July 11, 22, 27, Aug. 4, 17, Sept. 17, 20, 22, Oct. 11, 15, 18, Nov. 24, Dec. 4

Death: Jan. 24, Feb. 4, 12, Mar. 18, 29, Apr. 11, June 5, Nov. 5, 8, 22, 28, Nov. 11

Decisions: Mar. 10, Apr. 25, May 10, 17, July 5, Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 29

Discipline: Apr. 2, May 4, June 29, Nov. 2, 11

Duty: Feb. 21, 22, Mar. 13, 23, June 14, Sept. 20, 21

Ecumenism: May 14, Aug. 29, Dec. 11, 12

Evangelism: Feb. 13–17, Mar. 6, Apr. 16, May 22, 27, July 12, 27, Sept. 2, 9, 15, 28, Oct. 16, 28, Dec. 6, 25

Evil: Apr. 6, June 17, Dec. 5

Family: Feb. 11, 12, Mar. 9, June 9, July 28, 29, Aug. 6, 7, 9, 12, 18, 23, 25, Sept. 25, Dec. 7, 24

Fate: Jan. 22, 26, Mar. 18, 29, May 13, Oct. 29

Fear: Jan. 24, 27, Feb. 3, 25, Mar. 8, 18, June 20, July 11, 18, 27, Oct. 7, 8

Forgiveness: Feb. 13–17, Apr. 12, 15, 18, 22, June 24, July 19, 23

Friendship: Mar. 21, 24, Apr. 19, Sept. 22

God’s Call: Feb. 18, May 8, June 6, June 11

God’s Love: Feb. 8, Apr. 15, July 17, Sept. 13, 28

Good from Adversity: May 13, July 9, 29, Aug. 2, 9, Oct. 17, Nov. 4, 24, 27, Dec. 27

Grief/Suffering: Mar. 26, Apr. 19, Aug. 4, 8, 14, 24, 27, Oct. 1, Nov. 4, Dec. 20

Guilt: July 15, 19, Dec. 11

Hearing/Listening to God: Jan. 6, 11, 18, 20, 21, 25, Feb. 6, 7, Mar. 3, Apr. 1, 27, May 1, 15, June 15, 23, July 10, 20

Honesty: Jan. 14, Apr. 20

Hope: Jan. 10, 22, 24, 26, Feb. 12, Mar. 9, 14, 20, 29, Apr. 19, May 13, 25, June 5, 22, July 10, 16, 18, Aug. 11, 18, Sept. 3, 18, Oct. 7, 26, Nov. 5, 8, 24, 28, Dec. 13, 19, 23, 31

Humility: Apr. 8, 29, Aug. 5, 30, Sept. 16, 23, Oct. 18, Dec. 1

Humor: Feb. 10, Apr. 10, 20, Aug. 16, 25

Hymns/Songs: Jan. 5 ( Onward Christian Soldiers ), Mar. 2 ( Navy Hymn ), 20 ( Nearer My God to Thee ), Apr. 24 ( O God, Our Help in Ages Past) , June 8 ( Abide with Me ), 28 ( God Bless America ), Aug. 31 ( Pass the Ammunition ), Sept.18 ( When the Roll is Called ), Oct. 4 ( Abide with Me ), 28 ( Onward Christian Soldiers ), Dec. 19 ( O God, Our Help in Ages Past ), 22 ( Silent Night ), 26 ( White Christmas, I’ll be Home for Christmas )

Jesus Christ: Jan. 1, 4, 5, 12, 19, 21, 23, 28, Feb. 6, 17, 20, Mar. 9, 10, 15, 18, Apr 3–5, 17, 18, 22, 27, May 9, 21, 22, 24, June 27, July 1, 3, 10, 23, 25, 30, Aug. 1, 8, 12, 17, Sept. 11, 23, Nov. 7, 17, 19, 26, 29, Dec. 1, 7, 23

Leaders: Allen, Apr. 22, 23; Anderson, Apr. 13; Boyington, Sept. 16; Basilone, May 11; Bonhoeffer, Nov. 1–6; Cardinal Spellman, Nov. 19; Churchill, Jan. 3, 4, 15, 17; Eisenhower, Apr. 8, 14, 26, Oct. 2, 30; King George, Jan. 2, Nov. 30; MacArthur, Dec. 28, 30; McGovern, July 19, 20; Mitscher, Sept. 28; Montgomery, Apr. 5; Patton, Apr. 9, 12, Nov. 9, 10; Puller, May 8, 9; Reagan, Oct. 31; Rickenbacker, Sept. 24, 25, Dec. 15; Roosevelt, Feb. 1, Mar. 20, Aug. 21, 22, Dec. 2, 25, 29; Sanders, July 16; Schonland, May 20; Scott, Dec. 9; Spruance, Feb. 28; Truman, Dec. 17, 21

Leadership: Jan. 2, 3, 14, 15, 17, Feb. 20, Mar. 5, Apr. 8, 23, 26, May 9 10, July 14, Sept. 6, 19, 24, 28, Oct. 3

Lifeboat Survival: Mar. 9, 14, 22, 23, 25, 26, May 25–27, Sept. 24, Dec. 15

Loneliness: June 20

Mercy: Mar. 1, 15, Apr. 18, May 21, June 26, July 30, Nov. 13, 20, Dec. 1, 18, 30

Miracles/Providence: Jan. 7, 8, 16, 20, 29, Feb. 18, 26–28, Apr. 6, May 17, 26, June 1, 13, July 7, 21, Aug.

18, Sept. 24, 27, Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 12, 21, Dec. 21

Missionaries: May 1, Sept. 2, Dec. 16, 27

Overwhelming Odds: Jan. 15, Feb. 21, 22, Mar. 8, 16, May 16, Sept. 20, 21, Oct. 11, 13, 15

Peace: Jan. 19, Nov. 19, Dec. 2, 13, 18, 23, 28, 30, 31

Power of Faith: Jan. 22, Feb. 11, 12, Mar. 31, May 23, June 20, July 15, 16, 12, Aug. 6, 9, 11, 13, 20, 27, Sept. 8, Oct. 9, 19, Dec. 10, 16

Power of Prayer: Jan. 18, Mar. 14, 29, May 11, 14, 20, 26, June 23, July 11, Aug. 10, 14, 21, 22, Sept. 3, 4, 5, 21, 30, Oct. 2, 8, 21, 25, 27,Nov. 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 25, Dec. 9, 15