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Remembering SS Dorchester & the Four Chaplains

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Rick SpilmanFebruary 3, 2016

On February 3, 1943, the troopship SS Dorchester was in a convoy bound for Greenland when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Of the 904 soldiers and crew aboard, 672 died. Among the dead were four US … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Four Chaplains, German U-boat, SS Dorchester, world war II
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