Grinalds openly shared his faith, inviting marines to attend worship services on Sunday and encouraging the Navigators—an evangelical Christian ministry—to witness to marines in his command. He kept New Testaments in his desk drawer for distribution and regularly sought to turn one-on-one conversations to “a discussion about Christ.” The results of his evangelistic efforts could be quantified; during his twelve-month command he “saw the S-3, S-4, Communications Officer, Motor Transport Officer, two Company Commanders and the Assault Amphibian Platoon Commander commit their lives to Christ,” in
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