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...files of Maryknoll Seminary are filled with such instances of heroism. No religious institution in America has so many of its alumni in the Japanese war zone. More than 450 nuns and priests from Maryknoll are in the Orient. Save for a few sick or on furlough, they have stuck at their posts through the years of mounting tension. Once assigned to a field, Roman Catholic missionaries generally stay there for the rest of their lives...
Most blessed of U.S. sights on his return: lights at night, the bellicose war spirit (he had been away since July 1938), newspapers containing news. "After foreign papers," says Allen, "you sort of forget there are papers with news in the headlines." He expects to employ his furlough eating "all the hot dogs and T-bone steaks I can find...
...Special Furlough...
President Conant suggested that "preferably, these men should not be under complete military supervision during their collegiate work, but rather on a special furlough arrangement with sufficient pay to cover their expense...
...Exceptions: extra fares and 1¼?-per-mile fare for servicemen on furlough would be unchanged; coal, coke and ore rates would rise only a few cents...