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Missionary recalls perilous China years in memoir
Rev. Joseph Henkels, 86, recalls his 1930s 40sChina missions with the Society of the Divine Word. He describes beatings by Japanese soldiers, escapes with disguises, eye medicine making, teaching at Fu Jen University, and later life in the United States.
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Mark Davis
Gazette News
Pworth
Joseph Henkels
China
Henkels
Society of Divine Word, Techny
Luxemburg
Iowa
Loras Academy
Loras College
Dubuque
Society of the Divine Word
Order
Orient
Hinkels
Fu Jen University
Peking
Beijing
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Henan
Pearl Harbor
Honan
Shansi
Thomas Megan
People’s Republic of
Hong Kong
United States
Chicago
Divine Word College
Epworth