Four US Army chaplains, George Fox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling, and John Washington, showed selfless bravery on the sinking USS Dorchester, distributing life jackets and offering prayers as the ship went down, resulting in each being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions on February 3, 1943. [... more]

The USS Dorchester, a converted luxury ocean liner, sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic on February 3, 1943, resulting in the loss of 674 men. Amidst the tragedy, four U.S. Army chaplains, George Fox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling, and John Patrick Washington, showed courageous selflessness and bravery, distributing life jackets and offering prayers as the ship went down. [... more]