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KEN BAILEYthis emergency suited the sign perfectly. Greg headed straight for the mess hall as he left thebase chapel and future services behind.Greg never saw that Black chaplain again until Vietnam. Between the “whites only”Sears water fountains and Vietnam, names had changed. Colored became Negro, and Negrobecame Black. The Air Force did not allow Greg to wear a Beatles’ haircut or sideburns.Franklin could not wear a “fro,” but the rules about hair service-wide had loosened since theearly Army Air Force years. In Vietnam, airmen could get away with a lot. All you had to dowas risk your life every hour or so.-------------------Greg couldn’t believe it when he saw the sameBlack preacher from Shepherd, standing over a wounded soldier in Greg’s care.“Let me by, Preacher,” Greg said.“It’s not that bad,” the Shepherd AFB preacher said. “They call me Chap.”Greg worked quickly on the soldier as he handed his flashlight to the chaplain. Chap followedGreg’s movements with the greenish glow of the filtered light. Greg pointed and handed asulfur stick, bandages, and tape to the Chaplain. Chap took the items and the two worked likean experienced team of jugglers on The Hollywood Palace.“You’re pretty good,” Chap said.“Thanks, you too,” Greg responded.“You’re doing the hard part.”“No, I meant as a preacher. I heard you at Shepherd.”“The White Guy!” Chap said with instant clarity. The patient moaned.“Shhh,” Greg whispered.“Sorry. I remember you. I wanted to talk to you afterward but you ducked out,” Chapwhispered.“Shouldn’t you be praying or something?” Greg asked.“I stayed prayed ahead for all of this every day,”Chap said.22
DANCING WITH BAPTISTSGreg swabbed off the betadine he had used to clean the soldier’s skin around the wound,never noticing the young soldier was darker than Chap.23
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