Four Chaplains
AMERICAN MINISTERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN WWII
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The Four Chaplains, also referred to as the Immortal Chaplains or the Dorchester Chaplains, were four World War II chaplains who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the American troop ship sank on February 3, 1943, in what has been referred to as the second-worst sea disaster of WW II. The Dorchester was a civilian liner converted for military service in World War II as a War Shipping Administration troop transport.