Early on Feb. 3, 1943, an enemy torpedo struck the Army transport Dorchester as it carried 902 officers and enlisted men, Navy armed guard, merchant seamen and civilian workers in the North Atlantic.
On Feb. 3, 1943, the USAT Dorchester was enroute to Greenland when a German U-boat struck. Four Chaplains distributed life jackets to the young Soldiers.
An annual ceremony Monday in Duncan honored the heroic service of the Four Chaplains. The Four Chaplains Day Ceremony took place Feb. 3 to mark the 82nd anniversary of when the U.S.A.T. Dorchester ...
On Wednesday, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners held a meeting in which the issued a proclamation for Four Chaplains ...
When Soldiers, patients, Families, and staff walk the halls of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, many may not realize that ...
Jan. 30—STERLING — Sterling American Legion Chaplain Gordon E. Harris is reviving a mostly forgotten story about the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester during World War II and the ...