Flags will be flying at half staff today in honor of the fourchaplains who gave their lives to save others. In the midst of World War II, on February 3, 1943, 902 American servicemen, merchant seamen, and civilian workers were aboard the SS Dorchester, bound for a US military base in Greenland. At 12:55 AM, the ship was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine. It sank in 27 minutes, with 672 men dying in the icy waters. Among the 230 survivors, many recalled the extraordinary acts of four army chaplains on the ship: George L. Fox, a Methodist minister; Alexander D. Goode, a Jewish rabbi; Clark V. Poling, a Dutch Reformed minister; and John P. Washington, a Roman Catholic priest.  The complete story is here http://www.ehman.org/FourChaplains.html