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Paul W. Cavanaugh

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American[1] d. 1975, Stow, Ohio[2] active from 1944

Paul W. Cavanaugh was a Jesuit priest and U.S. Army chaplain. Before the Second World War he worked at Loyola Academy in Chicago. He joined the Army Chaplain Corps in April 1944 and was assigned to the Headquarters Company of the 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division. He was captured on 18 December 1944, when his unit surrendered after a losing battle, and was held for about 135 days at Oflag XIII-B near Hammelburg, Germany. In captivity he conducted services, funerals and baptisms for fellow prisoners under very difficult conditions. He was liberated on 2 May 1945 at Gars-am-Inn, Bavaria. After the war he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Milford, Ohio, directed retreats at Manresa in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and served on the staff of Gesu Church in Toledo. He died in 1975 at Walsh Jesuit High School in Stow, Ohio. His memoir, Pro Deo et Patria, was published in 2004 by Palmetto Bookworks, with editing credited to Robert E. Skopek. Most biographical details come from secondary veterans' history sources; his birth date and place could not be verified.[1,2,3]

  • Catholic military chaplaincy
  • prisoner of war experience
  • World War II
  • Oflag XIII-B
  • ministry under captivity

Books

  1. Paul W. Cavanaugh Pro Deo et Patria 464
    Pro Deo et Patria
    Paul W. Cavanaugh
    €10.00

Works by Paul W. Cavanaugh

  • 2004 Pro Deo et Patria: For God and Country: The Personal Narrative of an American Catholic Chaplain as a Prisoner of War in Germany Palmetto Bookworks · book · English · ISBN 9781887301275 Hardcover, 252 pages, released January 2004. The request lists ICM Institute for Concrete Matter as publisher, but every source found names Palmetto Bookworks; the ICM attribution could not be verified. Editing by Robert E. Skopek is credited, but the editor role is not in the allowed roles list, so he is not included as a person.

References

  1. Paul W. Cavanaugh. Pro Deo Et Patria =: For God and Country: The Personal Narrative of an American Catholic Chaplain as a Prisoner of War in Germany. Goodreads. 2004 link
  2. Fr. Paul W. Cavanaugh, SJ - Biography. indianamilitary.org (106th Infantry Division publications) link
  3. Paul W. Cavanaugh; ed. Robert E. Skopek. Pro Deo et Patria. indianamilitary.org (106th Infantry Division publications). 2004 link