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[[File:Foxhole.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Reverend William T. Cummings is famous for declaring ''There are no atheists in foxholes''.<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref>]]
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[[File:Foxhole.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Reverend William T. Cummings is famous for declaring ''There are no atheists in foxholes''.<ref name="listserv">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080617035633/http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 Archived Listserve discussion]</ref>]]
 
Reverend William T. Cummings, who served at Bataan, is famous for declaring "'''There are no atheists in foxholes'''."<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref>  In addition, Lieutenant Colonel Warren J. Clear, who also served at Bataan, used the expression in an
 
Reverend William T. Cummings, who served at Bataan, is famous for declaring "'''There are no atheists in foxholes'''."<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref>  In addition, Lieutenant Colonel Warren J. Clear, who also served at Bataan, used the expression in an
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interview printed in U.S. newspapers in the middle of April.<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref>  The exact origin of the phrase "There Are No Atheists In Foxholes" is unclear, but it appears to be of [[World War I]] origin.
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interview printed in U.S. newspapers in the middle of April.<ref name="listserv">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080617035633/http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 Archived Listserve discussion]</ref>  The exact origin of the phrase "There Are No Atheists In Foxholes" is unclear, but it appears to be of [[World War I]] origin.
 
<ref>[https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/11/02/foxhole/ There Are No Atheists in Foxholes], Quote Investigator website</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/articleshow/4167370.cms What is the origin of the phrase 'there are no atheists in a foxhole'?], ''Times of India'', February 22, 2009</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080617035633/http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 Discussion on Linguist List]". Archived from [http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 the original] on 17 June 2008.</ref>
 
<ref>[https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/11/02/foxhole/ There Are No Atheists in Foxholes], Quote Investigator website</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/articleshow/4167370.cms What is the origin of the phrase 'there are no atheists in a foxhole'?], ''Times of India'', February 22, 2009</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080617035633/http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 Discussion on Linguist List]". Archived from [http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696 the original] on 17 June 2008.</ref>
  
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