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Forward Edge of the Battle Area: A Chaplain's Story

Curt Bowers

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Who ministers to men and women thousands of miles from home, where everything familiar is swept away in endless sea, sky, and strange terrain? Who is there to help servicemembers work through the eternal issues of life’s purpose when faced literally with life-and-death situations? For over 200 years it has been the military chaplain.

In this poignant account of over two decades in the chaplaincy, Curt Bowers reflects on the beautiful and the ugly, the good and the evil, the triumphs and the setbacks experienced from living with and ministering to hundreds of military personnel throughout his tenure—including those in the unforgettable turmoil known as Vietnam.

“You will find this book to be heartrending and shocking," Brig. Gen. Dick Abel writes in the Foreword. “You will undoubtedly shed a tear. Your life will be changed because of the life of one chaplain whose only purpose was to serve God and to share His love with others.”

CURT BOWERS worked 23 years as a United States Army chaplain, reaching the rank of colonel. He now serves approximately 5,000 servicemembers as director of chaplaincy ministries for his denomination. Bowers travels extensively throughout the world conducting retreats for the military and providing pastoral support to armed forces and institutional chaplains.

Forward Edge of the Battle Area: A Chaplain's Story

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Curt Bowers