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Navy Chaplain gives communion to a Marine during a Catholic mass held in the snow.
U.S. Navy Chaplain Thomas W. Falkenthal gives communion to a Marine during a Catholic mass held in the snow at Silver Creek, Calif., on Feb. 2, 1997. Marines from the 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines of Camp Lejeune, N. C. are at the Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., to train in cold weather survival and arctic warfare. Cmdr. Falkenthal is the 2nd Marine Regiment chaplain.