On a bitter winter night in 1943, four Army chaplains stood on the deck of the torpedoed and foundering USAT Dorchester while hundreds of American soldiers around them prepared to slip into the icy depths of the North Atlantic.
After they removed their life jackets and gave them to others, sealing their fates aboard the doomed Army transport vessel, the men - one Catholic, two Protestant and one Jewish - were last seen with their heads bowed in prayer, offering spiritual comfort to the terrified soldiers.
...on Monday, inspired by the sacrifice of Rabbi Alexander Goode from the Dorchester, 14 Jewish chaplains who died in service to their country will get the recognition many say they deserve.
Indeed.
We can be quite certain by their acts that they didn't tell any of the men they saved by their sacrifice that "I'll find you someone more suitable," as a Cape Cod rabbi serving as a hospital chaplin said to me when I checked the box indicating anyone from the chaplaincy could visit.
I thought God is God for all three factions.
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