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unusual facts about Four Chaplains


Carleton W. Angell

Four Chaplains Memorial, Arbor Crest memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1954


Cecil Pugh

The Four ChaplainsUnited States Army chaplains who gave their lives in similar circumstances in 1943

New Birth of Freedom Council

Another feature of the Mall is a reflection area where Scouts can read a bronze plaque bearing the words of Rudyard Kiplings's poem If— The recently renovated indoor chapel at the top of the mall was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Goode, one of the Four Chaplains from the USAT Dorchester.


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Monastery of Santa Clara

The internal organization of the community was established in rulings by the founders, in which they donated several villas and hamlets in Póvoa de Varzim and farms in Touginha, Beiriz, Terroso, Formariz, Laundos, Navais, and Mirante, with an obligation that four chaplains would pray four masses per day honouring their founders and King Denis.

USS Dorchester

USAT Dorchester, a United States Army Transport famous for the "Four Chaplains" incident, converted from civilian cruise ship SS Dorchester