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Iowa priest admiral Maurice Sheehy lifelong servant and naval chaplain
Maurice S Sheehy a noted parish priest and Navy vice admiral whose life spanned service as a World War II veteran author and educator He grew up near New Hampton Iowa attended Columbia Academy and Colum bia College later teaching at Loras College He advised Eddie Anderson and Elmer Layden and befriended George Halas He joined the Catholic University of America and the U S Naval Academy board before serving as a Navy chaplain and earning multiple decorations
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Maurice Sheehy
King Solomon’s Mines
Holy Land
Sheehy
Cedar Rapids
Ecumenical Council
Rome
Israel
U.S
Pacific
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
John Culver
Joan Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Culver
Armor Ballroom
Marion
Aurice S. Sheehy
Vatican
Iowa
Irwin
New Hampton
Arch Ward
Columbia Academy
Dubuque
Columbia College
Ward
Chicago Tribune
St. Paul Seminary
Wisconsin
Loras College
Mathias Loras
Loras
Eddie Anderson
Elmer Layden
Anderson
Iron Men
University of Iowa
Layden
NFL
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Chicago
Eddie
Halas
Catholic University of America
Washington
D.C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Board of Visitors
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Navy Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Mississippi
U.S. Armed Forces
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Army
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
John XXIII
Immaculate Conception
St. Pius X
John F. Kennedy