Four Chaplains Day: February 3

​On the night of February 3, 1943, the U.S. Army transport Dorchester was crossing the North Atlantic when it was struck by a German torpedo. The ship sank in less than thirty minutes, killing 672 of the 902 people aboard. Amid the chaos and freezing darkness, four U.S. Army chaplains chose to remain on deck, helping others reach safety. They were Rev. George L. Fox (Methodist), Rabbi Alexander D. Goode (Reform Judaism), Rev. Clark V. Poling (Dutch Reformed), and Father John P. Washington (Roman Catholic).

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