Honoring "The Four Chaplains"

[_ZelphtheGreat]

Not Mormon, but pure Christian selfless act.

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/n ... 963f4.html

The ceremony, held in various parts of the country since 1961, honors four military chaplains who died Feb. 3, 1943, when the ship they were on was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.

The four men, all first lieutenants, represented different faiths. George L. Fox was a Methodist minister, Alexander D. Goode was a Reform Rabbi, John P. Washington was a Roman Catholic and Clark V. Poling was a pastor in the Reformed Church in America.

The four men gave up their life vests to other soldiers and were last seen holding hands in prayer as the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sank.

More than 600 were lost during the attack in a stretch of water off Greenland known as “Torpedo Junction.”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Chaplains