In 1917, the American Catholic hierarchy met to address the challenges of World War I. This meeting led to the formation of the National Catholic War Council, which published New Testaments like this one. Printed in 1918, this Douay New Testament also contains two prayers and a forward written to the soldiers and sailors of the United States by James Cardinal Gibbons, the Archbishop of Baltimore. This New Testament was given to Robert Lee Carter of the 7th Infantry based at Camp Lewis in Washington, who enlisted on January 19, 1921. After serving one year, he received an honorable discharge, in which it states Private Carter’s service was “honest and faithful.”