In July 1953, Dan Keenan...
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In July 1953, Dan Keenan spotted a little child, George (named after the sentry who had first found him bawling inside an Army supply depot) Ascom (the name of the depot) Cruz (the aircraft carrier Point Cruz whose chaplain helped in the placement proceedings), in the Star of the Sea Children's Home in Korea. Keenan was able to have little George placed aboard his ship, the hospital ship, the U.S.S. Consolation. The baby was there cared for by many of the 850-man crew as depicted in the television movie, A Thousand Men and a Baby. In order to cut through the red tape involved in adopting a Korean child, the ship's chaplain, Father Edward O. Riley, in a 4:00 a.m. poker game with a government official, bet $200 and a watch against a passport for the baby. The official drew a full house, but the chaplain beat him with four threes, and the adoption was made official. Little George, now named Dan, is a newspaper sports editor in Ephrata, Washington.
Our heavenly Father unfolded an intricate plan to save the Christ-child from the wiles of Herod, so that he might later give his life on Calvary's cross for the salvation of the world.
-- Guettler
Our heavenly Father unfolded an intricate plan to save the Christ-child from the wiles of Herod, so that he might later give his life on Calvary's cross for the salvation of the world.
-- Guettler
