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* [[Letters of Interest|LOI]] 1960-9/10: "An Army Chaplain Reports":
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"My first tour of duty is for three years and began May 22, 1960. We are stationed at Fort Bliss (in El Paso, [[Texas|TX]]), Texas. In the few weeks we have had many opportunities to preach the good news of our Savior. These opportunities go beyond the military bounds and out into the civilian communities. We have had many contacts with Christians here in El Paso and are thrilled at the work many of them are doing. We have come to know Mr. and Mrs. John Halliday, who are doing a good work in the gospel at the Mexican border, reaching Mexican workers as they come across into the States.
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* LOI 1960-9&10: [[An Army Chaplain Reports LOI 1960-9&10|An Army Chaplain Reports]]
  
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Counseling opportunities are unlimited. The Lord has seen fit to use us already in leading several fellows to the
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* LOI 1962-3: Charles G. Kyle is appointed 1st Lieutenant: "The status of the following named chaplain has been changed as indicated: Chaplain Charles G. Kyle appointed 1st Lieutenant [by] Frank A. Tobey, Chief of Chaplains, U.S.A."
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Redeemer. What a thrill to preach the gospel to many who never heard it before. I have been newly assigned to the
 
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United States Army Training Center where well over 1000 men are in training. These men come in for a six month tour and then go back to their reserve units. This gives us 1000 different men every six months. Since 1 am the only Protestant chaplain in this organization the burden is so much the greater. We will value highly the fervent prayers of the Lord’s people that our labor will be fruitful here for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
  
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This past month I have been holding three services each Sunday morning and a Bible study each Wednesday evening. We also have services at the Win. Beaumont Army Hospital and in the Stockade periodically. Personal contacts with the gospel are numerously interspersed throughout each day. It is wonderful to be a messenger with the water of the Word in a spiritually dry as well as physically dry place.
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* LOI 1963-2: [[The Life of a Chaplain on a Missile Unit LOI 1963-2|The Life of a Chaplain on a Missile Unit]]
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Ruth has begun a [[Child Evangelism Fellowship|Child Evangelism]] class in our home each Thursday afternoon and has been having large numbers of children out. Many of these are from military families and do not often get out to church or Sunday school."
 
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=Sources=
 
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* 2003 Biographical Summary, courtesy of Dr. Ken Botton on 2-21-2025
 
* 2003 Biographical Summary, courtesy of Dr. Ken Botton on 2-21-2025
 
* Ancestry.com
 
* Ancestry.com
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* [[Letters of Interest]] (LOI) 1960:9-10; 1962-3
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* [[Letters of Interest]] (LOI) 1960:9-10; 1962-3; 1962-3

Latest revision as of 05:03, 23 February 2025

Gordon Kyle was born on Jan. 10, 1933 at Munhall, Alleghany Co., Pittsburgh metro, Pennsylvania to Charles Edward Kyle (b. 1901 PA - d. 1966 Mt. Hermon, CA) & Annie "Nan" Collins Peat Kyle (b. 1904 Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1981 Santa Cruz, CA). Charles Kyle was employed as a machinist at U.S. Steel from 1915-1965, beginning at the age of 14, and a member of the United Steelworkers, a North American general union based in Pittsburgh. In its first full year of operations (1902), U.S. Steel produced 67% of all the steel made in the U.S.

At the age of twelve, Gordon had the largest paper route in the Pittsburgh area, and had his first picture in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as "Top Newsboy Supports Babe Ruth Cancer Fund". From +1940-1950+, Gordon had a foster brother, a fellow paperboy, William J. Wright Sr. (1935-2008 Pittsburgh, PA), son of Harry Wright (1897-1955 Pitt., PA) & Charlotte J. Moelk Wright (1901-1975 Pitt., PA). In 1940, another foster brother was included, Bernard Gardner (b. 1933 PA).

According to his autobio, Gordon came to know the Lord thru faithful parents and a S.S. teacher, Agnes Moran, at the Beechwood Bible Chapel, an open brethren assembly in Pittsburgh, now known as Browns Hill Bible Chapel. His mother was later (1981) a member of First Baptist of San Lorenzo in Felton.

He studied journalism at Northwestern in Minneapolis, and also graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with his M.Div. He entered the U.S. Army as a chaplain, commended from his assembly, retiring in 1987 after serving 37 years. While serving in the Army, his assignments included duty at the Berlin Wall in 1961, and two combat assignments in Vietnam and Korea. He was awarded five bronze stars, a meritorious service medal, eight combat Air medals and three commendation medals. A compression fracture of his mid-spin received in Vietnam caused a number of challenges, as did a subsequent car wreck.

Gordon married Ruth A. Pelz (b. 1932 MN - d. 2010) for at least 48 years. Ruth was a daughter of Ben R. Pelz (b. 1889 Livingston Co., IL - d. 1966 Redwood Co., MN) & Evelyn Leah "Eva" Loban Pelz (b. 1893 Blairsburg, Hamilton IA - d. 1964 Redwood Falls, MN). Eva Pelz's paternal great-grandfather was Thomas Loban III (b. 1779 Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1872 Marengo, McHenry, IL) who was farming Marengo by 1846, possibly as early as 1842, two years before a post office was established there.

Gordon and Ruth have three children. Their home of nearly 40 years was at 5 The Buckeye Ave., Felton, which was 80 miles south of San Francisco, California and in the backyard of Mt. Hermon Conference Center where decades of open brethren conferences were held.

He indicated in his '03 autobio excerpts, "I enjoy writing, our grandchildren, and working in the garden (not necessarily in that order). See other chaplains. Gordon was promoted to Glory on Nov. 27, 2006 at the age of 73. Memorials were recommended towards the American Bible Society and the Gideons.

Reports

1960's

Letters of Interest: LOI 1960's:

  • LOI 1962-3: Charles G. Kyle is appointed 1st Lieutenant: "The status of the following named chaplain has been changed as indicated: Chaplain Charles G. Kyle appointed 1st Lieutenant [by] Frank A. Tobey, Chief of Chaplains, U.S.A."

Sources

  • 2003 Biographical Summary, courtesy of Dr. Ken Botton on 2-21-2025
  • Ancestry.com
  • Letters of Interest (LOI) 1960:9-10; 1962-3; 1962-3
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