This is a photograph of Frs. Cunneen and Tennien meet in the streets of Wuchow [now Wuzhou]. Father Cunneen rides the bike [left] and Fr. Tennien rides the jeep [right]. Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Cunneen entered Maryknoll in 1923 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1932. After ordination he was assigned to Wuchow. He returned to the United States in 1941 and became a Navy Chaplain. In 1945, he returned to mission in Wuchow, during the war years. He was later assigned to Hawaii and teaching in the minor seminary.
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