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Patrick J. McLaughlin is a Lutheran pastor who has served as an active duty Navy chaplain since 1992. He's a veteran of two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments with surgical, shock and trauma and mortuary affairs units with the USMC/Navy team. Prior to deploying to Iraq, he had the honor of serving for three years as the chaplain to the President and First Family at Camp David. He's served with all five branches of the U.S. military during his career, including Navy ships, Marine heliclopter squadrons, Coast Guard river units and Army and Air Force communications units. Patrick and his wife, Leigh, are the parents of five children from college to elementary ages. His first book, No Atheists in Foxholes, was published by Thomas Nelson.
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No Atheists in Foxholes
by Patrick J. McLaughlin
In August, 2005, Patrick J. McLaughlin, the President's chaplain at Camp David, began a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq. Serving as a Navy chaplain with a Surgical Shock Trauma Marine platoon, McLaughlin's faith was tested in the unforgiving crucible of war. In January, 2007, McLaughlin returned for a second tour, this time for a full year. Every day, he looked into the faces of the dying and gave consolation to the wounded.
No Atheists in Foxholes is McLaughlin's poignant and insightful account of his two years on the battlefield. This is a book filled with the stories that never made the news, stories of heartbreak and courage, of faith questioned and faith found, stories of a man God seemingly surrounded by despair. Here, in this collection of more than 140 prayers and personal reflections, the spiritual lives of our military men and women serving in Iraq are explored and poignantly revealed.
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