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The Four Chaplains made the supreme sacrifice February 3, 1943 in the sinking
of the troopship SS Dorchester in the North Atlantic by a German Submarine. These four men of God, all First Lieutenants of
the US Army Chaplain Corps saved many lives and then took their own life jackets off and gave them to four soldiers and told
them to abandon ship saving their lives. Then with arms linked together in prayer the two protestants, the Roman Catholic
and the Rabbi praying together went down with the ship. 669 members of the 1000 member crew of the Dorchester also lost
their lives.
To read more on the Immortal Four Chaplain click on the links below
http://www.immortalchaplains.org
http://homeofheroes.com/brotherhood/chaplains.html
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