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immortality put into the earth. Turning to leave after the last
soldier had been buried, he waved across the green and muddy
Belgian hills.
“That’s what is wrong with war,” he murmured. “Those crosses.”
Father Day was assistant pastor at SS. Peter and Paul’s church,
Collinsville, prior to his appointment as army chaplain in March,
1941.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 15, 1942

Now Is Captain
Rev. John B.Day

Headquarters 78th Infantry Division, Camp Butner, N.C.,
Aug 15—
First Lieut. John B. Day, a chaplain assigned to the 78th
Lightning Division, received word Thursday of his promotion to
a captaincy.
Chaplain Day, a Roman Catholic priest, joined the Lightning
Division after serving as a garrison chaplain at Ft. Riley, Kans, for
more than a year. He formerly was assistant pastor of the St. Peter
and Paul Church at Collinsville, Ill.
A graduate of Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, Chaplain Day
was ordained four years ago in Springfield, Ill.

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Jacksonville Journal and Courier
May 1940

Lieut. Chumley And Norine Day Reveal Marriage at Party

Jacksonville Young Couple Leave to Make Home at Fort Ben-
ning, Ga.