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A Chaplain's World War II Bravery Remembered

All Things Considered, April 3, 1995 · Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Timothy O'Callahan was the Jesuit chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin in World War II. We hear his story via his nephew, Jay.

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Ben, who listens to WBFO in Buffalo, New York.

"The storyteller described the terrifying conditions aboard the disabled aircraft carrier. He brought the hellish experience down to a personal level by retelling the imminently lethal circumstances that the priest had to overcome. I began to weep... I felt both agonizing sadness and admiration for this extraordinary ordinary man... I parked on the shoulder of the road to avoid menacing others with my teary-eyed driving."

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