Passing Parade
The Last Ounce of Courage
Nelson Pryor, Guest Columnist
Everyday heros! Yes, that describes the four chaplains and their sacrifice. It was on February 3, 1943, that the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, a military transport ship carrying 902 American servicemen and civilian workers, was torpedoed by a German submarine. The Dorchester was about 100 miles off the coast of Greenland. And it took about 18 minutes to sink below the frigid sea.
On board, panic had ensued. The sailors who were not killed in the