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Catholic War Veterans (officially called the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America) is a national service organization of baptized Catholics that have served or are currently serving in the United States Armed Forces. Founded in 1935, the Catholic War Veterans are dedicated to serving all service members and their families ...
The military saints, warrior saints and soldier saints are patron saints, martyrs and other saints associated with the military.They were originally composed of the early Christians who were soldiers in the Roman army during the persecution of Christians, especially the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303–313.
Charles Joseph Watters (January 17, 1927 – November 19, 1967) was a chaplain in the United States Army and Roman Catholic priest. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery exhibited while rescuing wounded men in the Vietnam War's Battle of Dak To. [1] Born in 1927, Watters joined the Air National Guard in 1962.
When the war ended in 1919, Hayes dissolved the overseas vicariate, but Hayes kept the four American vicariates. Hayes died in 1938. In 1939, Pope Pius XII named Archbishop Francis Spellman of New York to head the military diocese. During World War II and later, Spellman spent many Christmases with American troops in Japan, South Korea and ...
Inscribed on the pediment supporting the dome were the last names of great Americans such as George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and David Farragut. A year after it was built, the last names of several Union Civil War generals (such as George Meade, James B. McPherson, and James A. Garfield) were carved into the columns. [27]
Frederic P. Gehring, C.M. (20 January 1903 – 26 April 1998) was an American Catholic priest who served as a military chaplain during the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II. As well as serving as a parish priest, he was also for a time the National Chaplain for the Catholic War Veterans and the 1st Marine Division Association. [1]
Charles James "Charlie" Liteky (February 14, 1931 – January 20, 2017), formerly known as Angelo Liteky, was an American peace activist who served as a United States Army chaplain in the Vietnam War and was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Trause, a Catholic, [31] joined the Catholic War Veterans in September 1948. [32] [33] He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. [17] [34] Throughout much of his adult life, Trause worked two jobs simultaneously; [20] [31] he worked for the East Rutherford Syringe Company and Magnavox. [1] [8] [35]