The Stan Turner Show 07-19-2014

Bob Gabrick is on the show today to talk about his new article..

The Pacifist Division

Men of the Civilian Public Service didn’t fight the enemy. But their war was still a struggle—with hostile neighbors, thankless tasks, and high-risk assignments. By Robert Gabrick and Barbara Markham

Robert Gabrick and Barbara Markham recently had their article, “The Pacifist Division” published in the April 2014 edition of America in World War II magazine. The article explores the lesser-known story of the nearly 43,000 Americans during World War II who secured conscientious objectors (“CO”) status and performed “work of national importance” under the auspices of the Civilian Public Service. These draft-age men, many of whom were members of the “peace churches,” volunteered for work in the forest service, served as subjects in medical experiments, and worked as aids in mental institutions.

Mr. Gabrick serves as contributing editor of America in World War II. He also specializes in transportation history and is currently working on his twelfth book, a history of the Greyhound Bus as it celebrates its Centennial.

Mr. Gabrick and Ms. Markham coauthored an article in 2006 in the same magazine on letters that families of fallen servicemen sent to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.