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It took place on Christmas Eve<\/a> 1939. I had just arrived in England from Hollywood to volunteer for the British Army. Having had some previous military experience, I was commissioned a second lieutenant and given command of a platoon.<\/p>\n

We were about to be sent to France and no one was very happy about it. Most of the men had been conscripted from good civilian jobs; this was the \u201cphony war\u201d period before the big German attack of the following spring and it all seemed a big waste of time to most of them.<\/p>\n

Being commanded by a Hollywood actor was an additional irritant for them and made the whole thing seem even more ridiculous. The men were not mutinous\u2014but they were certainly 40 of the least well-disposed characters I ever have been associated with, let alone been in command of.<\/p>\n

We were not permitted liberty on that Christmas Eve<\/a> because we were due to leave England and our families the next day\u2014a fine prospect for the holidays. The entire platoon was billeted in the shabby stables of a farm near Dover.<\/p>\n

I could sense the hostility in every soldier. The air was thick with sarcastic cracks about my bravery in various motion pictures.<\/p>\n

It so happens that every night of my life I have knelt down by my bed and said a simple prayer<\/a>. But that night I was faced with a difficult decision. If I suddenly knelt in prayer, here in front of these men, it occurred to me that 40 tough soldiers would take it as a final evidence of Hollywood flamboyance.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I have always felt it wrong to avoid saying my prayers because the situation was not convenient. Besides, here it was the eve of Christ\u2019s birth.<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally I summoned up my courage and knelt by my bunk. As I prayed there<\/a> was some snickering at first, but it soon died away.<\/p>\n

When I finished and lay down on the straw, I looked rather sheepishly around the stable and saw at least a dozen soldiers kneeling quietly and praying in their own way.<\/p>\n

It was not the first time God had entered a stable\u2014and touched the hearts of men.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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