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“When you let go and let God fight me that he was watching as I made
my stand against the Army and that
your battles He is phenomenal.” I caused him to rejoin the Adventist
church and to return to the ministry.
Luke worked in Delta Company
where he was an M60 machine gun
promotion made him the chaplain reasons, keeping an eye on what operator. Luke had also watched
for the entire Pacific basin, which was happening. There were two the stand that I took, but what I
put me under his jurisdiction. people whom I remember well, did not know was that Luke was a
Chaplain Stenbakken was now able because it was my situation that pastor who had also had trouble
to come to my unit, which he did. caused both of them to become in the Baptist church, which drove
He let the battalion and my unit ministers. One was in the Seventh- him to join the Army and leave the
commander know that he would day Adventist church (we will call church. Luke rejoined the Baptist
be pressing charges against the him John in the Bible) and the Church and became a pastor again.
two of them if they did not stop other one was in the Baptist Church These two men knew each other,
their illegal harassment of me, (we will call him Luke for Luke in the but did not know that the other was
because they knew that I had been Bible). watching me. Luke told me later
granted conscientious objector John worked in headquarters that he got strength from watching
status by order of Congress. He Company, and he worked for me me take my stand. The same day
also informed them that if they did as one of my nurses. What I didn’t that these men made this stand and
not stop what they were doing he know was that John was a Seventh- came back to God and the church,
would be back, and they would not day Adventist pastor who had I got my orders to report to Tripler
like what would happen. gotten upset with something in the Army Hospital.
After Chaplain Stenbakken left, church, so he left the church and As I reflect on those days, I can
my unit commander looked at me joined the Army. Later John told now see the moving of God in
with his mouth open and asked me this situation, I can see that God
one question, “Who are you? You put me into the infantry unit, that
have people from Pacific command God knew I would stand strong in
headquarters defending you! Just the situation, and that John and
who in the hell are you!” When Luke would gain strength from
you let go and let God fight your watching me. Always stay with God
battles He is phenomenal. and be ready to go wherever God
The next thing that happened sends you. We have no idea whom
was that the battalion commander, we may be able to save with our
executive commander and witness.
command sergeant major were all
demoted one rank and discharged Some 4 1/2 months after this
from the Army. They were charged situation started and three months
with harassment, destruction after I was moved to the hospital;
of evidence (the urine test that I got a full understanding of what
I conducted and the related Satan was trying to do. I was
paperwork), conspiracy to entrap, working in the cardiac ward as
intimidation, and creating a hostile assistant head nurse, and one night
work environment. we had no patients and the ward
The company commander of was quiet. I received a phone call
headquarters was relieved of duty from the emergency room that I
and sent to a different unit. He was had a patient coming up to the
also charged with harassment and cardiac ward who was in full cardiac
intimidation. arrest. We put him in our cardiac
As this situation unfolded there arrest room where, after some
were many people, for various André Hope in 1981, after his
graduation as a nurse time, we were able to get him into
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