12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains
1. Joseph T. O’Callahan Father Joseph O’Callahanwas not only a priest , but a mathematics and physics prof . He fall in the Naval Reserve Chaplain Corps in 1940 and serve in various combat and non - combat locations . O’Callahan was aboard theUSS Franklinnear Japan on March 2 , 1945 , when a Nipponese pilot dropped two bombs on the ship , killing , injuring , or blowing overboard around 1,000 men instantly ....