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I'm chaplain , Anthony Fox worth and

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today is four chaplains day February ,

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1943 . The S . S . Dorchester was en

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route from north America to Greenland

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for 1000 soldiers to serve in the

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european theater of operations .

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Tragically , the ship was struck by an

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enemy torpedo in the atlantic ocean .

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As the ship was sinking , four

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chaplains were on board , one rabbi ,

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one catholic priest , and to

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Protestants . They gave their life vest

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and their seats and life rafts to the

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men around them . Over 600 men were

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killed that day as the ship went down .

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Last time , they saw the chaplains were

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on deck of the ship , holding hands

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with others , praying and singing hymns

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as the ship sank and they all went to

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their death . Today we remember those

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four chaplains who gave their lives to

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ensure that those soldiers around them

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had the freedom to exercise their

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religion and that's why I serve as the

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first S fab chaplain to ensure our

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advisors have the free exercise of

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religion and are resilient and

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ethnically ready to serve and advise

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anywhere anytime