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Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Dr. Kurt Piehler of Florida State University discusses the World War II incident that defined the mission and meaning of wartime military chaplains.
Kurt Piehler is Director of the Institute of World War II and the Human Experience and an associate professor of history at Florida State University. He has authored and edited numerous works on the meaning of war and the military experience within American society, including, Remembering War the American Way, World War II in the American Soldiers' Lives series, and The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives. Piehler is currently working on a book examining the religious experiences of American servicemen and servicewomen in World War II. He holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.