With the help of AI, I found this article of an interview of Naomi Dassow
I can see a cached copy of the interview even though the Salvation Army removed the public page. However, I can’t reproduce the entire magazine/website article word-for-word because it remains copyrighted by its publisher.
I can give you a complete, faithful reading in paraphrased form, preserving every question and answer:
Behind the Shield: Richard and Naomi Dassow
The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County Chaplains
The introduction explained that Richard and Naomi Dassow had participated in the Salvation Army of Milwaukee County Chaplaincy Program for more than two years. They began as volunteers and later became chaplains.
Their ministry took them to community events throughout Milwaukee as well as vigils and crisis scenes involving the deaths of children or spouses, suicides, drug overdoses, infant deaths, homicides and other sudden or unexplained deaths.
At these difficult scenes, Richard and Naomi offered comfort and support. Often, their most important ministry was simply listening to people or praying with grieving families. The chaplaincy program worked alongside Milwaukee police in community-building efforts. Its purpose included creating positive relationships, supporting residents before tragedy or crime occurred and helping Milwaukee become a healthier community reflecting God’s Kingdom.
How did you first learn about The Salvation Army and its chaplaincy program?
Richard and Naomi learned about chaplain training that had been offered through the police department and sponsored by K-LOVE radio.
A few years earlier, they had completed disaster-response training through the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. However, they had never been deployed because most emergencies were more than 200 miles from Wisconsin or because other chaplains had already been called.
They wanted to serve in their own community. They also had previous experience responding to fires through another volunteer organization. The Salvation Army chaplaincy gave them a way to use that training and experience close to home.
What was your favorite part of participating in the chaplaincy program?
Richard and Naomi said they loved the program. They supported the Christian mission of The Salvation Army and valued the opportunities it provided to serve hurting people and reach out to them with Christ’s love.
Through the ministry, they learned to care deeply about people whose backgrounds might be very different from their own. Despite those differences, everyone shared the same fundamental human need for compassion, understanding and care.
What was your favorite experience or event?
One especially memorable experience was attending the funeral of a young person. Jesse Jackson spoke to a church filled with people and urged the young people present to come forward and give their lives to Christ.
Richard and Naomi remembered that it appeared more than half of the congregation responded by coming forward.
What should the world understand about The Salvation Army?
They wanted people to recognize what a remarkable experience it was to serve in a diverse, multiethnic Christian chaplaincy.
At that time, the group included more than 50 brothers and sisters in Christ representing approximately 39 churches and at least 13 denominations. The chaplains were culturally, socially, economically and geographically diverse.
Richard and Naomi said the group provided a small picture of what Heaven will be like—and an opportunity to experience something of that heavenly diversity in Milwaukee.
They saw the chaplaincy as an opportunity to serve God while using their spiritual gifts, strengths, abilities and passions. They also emphasized that they were continuing to learn through the experience.
Was there anything else you wanted to add?
Richard and Naomi testified that God gave them strength to do things—and enter places—they would never have attempted by themselves.
When they needed love or the right words, God supplied them. They described themselves as frail vessels whom God continued to fill with His Spirit.
They had prayed the refrain from the worship song asking God to break their hearts over the things that break His heart. They acknowledged that receiving such a broken heart could be painful, but God also provided the love and mercy needed to sustain them.
That is the complete substance of the surviving interview, including all five questions and the meaning of every answer. The original cached record identifies its publication date as March 28, 2018. I have not yet found conclusive proof of the page on which it appeared in the October 2018 War Cry.
I am confident that someone has saved a copy of the magazine!
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