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Using the front of a jeep for an altar, Roman Catholic chaplain Joseph Kenny celebrates Mass for men of the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, before they depart France for the field in Belgium, January 6, 1945. Photo courtesy U.S. Arm Chaplain Museum, Fort Jackson, South Carolina

(RNS5-MAY27) Using the front of a jeep for an altar, Roman Catholic chaplain Joseph Kenny celebrates Mass for men of the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, before they depart France for the field in Belgium, January 6, 1945. See RNS-WWII-EXHIBITS, transmitted May 27, 2004. Photo courtesy U.S. Arm Chaplain Museum, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

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