An annual ceremony Monday in Duncan honored the heroic service of the Four Chaplains. The Four Chaplains Day Ceremony took place Feb. 3 to mark the 82nd anniversary of when the U.S.A.T. Dorchester ...

On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps celebrates 250 years of answering the sacred call to serve God and country.

Lt. George Fox, Lt. Alexander Goode, Lt. Clark Poling, and Lt. John Washington—gave their lives aboard the USAT Dorchester.

During the panic of the disaster, the four chaplains organized evacuees, distributed life jackets from storage, and tended to ...

American Legion Post 189 will host a commemorative service honoring the Four Chaplains on Monday, February 3rd, at 11 a.m. at ...

As recalled by the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars organization, the disaster on Feb. 3, 1943 created one of World War II’s most enduring symbols of valor, service and sacrifice, the four ...

where he is senior chaplain. After years of preparing for a rare and forbidding moment, the Southern Baptist minister headed to Reagan National to join the team responding to the midair collision of a ...

During the Douglas County Commissioner’s meeting Wednesday the commissioner’s proclaimed Feb. 3 as Four Chaplains Day and as Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice finished reading the proclamation, ...

Jan. 30—STERLING — Sterling American Legion Chaplain Gordon E. Harris is reviving a mostly forgotten story about the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester during World War II ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. The disaster also created one of World War II’s most enduring symbols of valor, ...

emphasizing the need for chaplains to remind soldiers not to emulate the enemy, and to avoid the sinful spirit of vengeance, especially after losing comrades. Russia has repeatedly accused the ...