{"id":3603,"date":"2016-11-11T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/e2medianetwork\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:35:09","slug":"first-liberty-briefing-navy-chaplain-helps-save-hundreds-during-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/e2medianetwork\/2016\/11\/first-liberty-briefing-navy-chaplain-helps-save-hundreds-during-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"First Liberty Briefing: Navy Chaplain Helps Save Hundreds During Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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<\/iframe><\/p>\nThank you for joining us for the First Liberty Briefing, an exclusive podcast where host Jeremy Dys\u2014also First Liberty Senior Counsel\u2014provides an insider\u2019s look at the stories, cases, people and laws that have made America the world\u2019s leader in protecting religious liberty.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8564\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/christianpodcastcentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/USS-Franklin.jpg\" alt=\"uss-franklin\" width=\"520\" height=\"389\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Wikipedia (Public Domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFather Joseph O\u2019Callahan was eating breakfast when his world was rattled on March 19, 1945. O\u2019Callahan was a Chaplain on the USS Franklin. He had just come from praying with the pilots about to embark on the day\u2019s mission, when suddenly the entire ship shuttered from Japanese bombs landing on the deck.<\/p>\nO\u2019Callahan ran to the decks, finding wounded and dying sailors scattered about. Ignoring the debris and raging fires, he prayed with the wounded and offered last rights to the dying. He ordered blankets to be brought for the wounded lying on the cold deck. 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