Background
Johnson, Raymond W. was born on June 27, 1934 in Minneapolis.
(From jungle battlefields, where blood mixes with mud and ...)
From jungle battlefields, where blood mixes with mud and survival is man's primary concern, come these tender, personal letters from a young Navy combat chaplain to his wife and three children. Never intended for publication, this precious correspondence offers unique insight into the lives - and deaths - of America's fighting men. Though he speaks often of love for his family, of happy memories and the anticipated reunion, Chaplain Johnson also proffers a candid, realistic picture of a combat chaplain's duties; those taught him in survival training and those born out of a God-given love for his men. Vividly pictured are the strange paradoxes that make up war - unnatural silence and man-made thunder, sudden tears and naked courage; one moment I'm chatting with the men; the next I'm sorrowfully covering their dead bodies. Here is a depth of living almost rare to the rest of us in our comfortable existence. Life - fierce, intense, because it is life - and death, constantly present, brutal, final and daily. Out of jungle mud, sniper fire, confusion and shattered fragments of emotions, come these poignant letters - addresses to one precious little family but aimed at the hearts of all who read - bearing the postmark: Mekong Delta.
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Johnson, Raymond W. was born on June 27, 1934 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1956. Master of Divinity., Lutheran School Theology, 1960. Postgraduate, University Minnesota, 1972.
Doctor in Ministry, United Theological Seminary, 1978.
Medical technician, Public Hospital, Moline, Illinois, 1956-1958; campus pastor, Middlebury (Vermont), Dartmouth (N.H.) Colls., 1960-1966; chaplain, United States Navy, Charleston, South Carolina., 1966; chaplain, field medical officer, Navy Special Forces, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1967-1968; chaplain Blue Angels flight squadron, Navy Special Forces, United States Navy, Pensacola, Florida, 1968-1969; director development governor's crime commission, State of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1969-1972; community development specialist, National Technology Services Foundation, Minneapolis, 1972-1974; resident minister, Jonathan Ecumenical Community Church, Minneapolis, 1974-1979.
(From jungle battlefields, where blood mixes with mud and ...)
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Sponsor National Council of Churches Served Lieutenant United States Navy, 1966-1969, Vietnam. Commander of The United States Navy Reserve, since 1979.
Son of Raymond Wendell and Lorena Sylvia (Harbrecht) J. Divorced; children: Raymond, Richard.