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On February 3rd , 1943 some 80 years

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ago , the USA T Dorchester , a troop

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ship carrying some 900 troops was hit

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by a German torpedo . The ship began to

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sink off the coast of Greenland in the

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icy waters and the crew panicked four

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chaplains however , remained calm and

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started distributing lifejackets . They

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actually gave away their own life

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jackets and they went down with the

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ship , over two thirds of the 900 on

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board perished in those icy waters .

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The story of the four chaplains is

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immortalized in the book , No Greater

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Glory and in numerous works of art and

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stained glass windows and chapels

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across the country . They truly

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exemplify service before self and they

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lived out the scripture . Greater love

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has no man than this . That a man lay

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down his life for his friends . In this

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case , the four chaplains , friends

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were people . They did not even know .