Show P a 1 4 i ki 1 I r THEN THEY JOINED HANDS on may 28 the US government hill will issue this commemorative four chaplains stamp this Is the story behind it the troopship SS BS dorchester was torpedoed and sunk in the north atlantic in february 1943 on board were four chaplains of three faiths protestant ministers george L fox and dark clark V poling father john P washington and rabbi alexander G goode when the ship was hit each of the four gave his lif ebelt to nearby men without them then they joined hands and pra prayed ved to the one god they all served tor for the safety of the men struggling to leave the ship the four chaplains died together statements of the survivors of the sinking include these words this Is the picture engrave engraved d on our minds and hearts as the SS BS dorchester disappeared beneath the waves |