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Memorial Day: Remembering, Honoring and Hoping by Dorian de Wind |
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Written by Dorian de Wind
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Sunday, 30 May 2010 |
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The German torpedo that sank the U.S.S. Dorchester plying the icy waters of the North Atlantic in February 1943 didn’t know or care that among its 672 casualties there would be four U.S. military chaplains (all U.S. Army lieutenants): a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and two Protestant ministers. After giving their lifejackets away to other soldiers, “the four chaplains” were last seen standing on the deck of the sinking ship, arms linked and praying together. |
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