Four Chaplains Day

Four Chaplains Day honors Army chaplains who gave up their lives to save soldiers when their troop ship sank in World War II. 

Berea's Veterans Outreach Office will conduct a service 10-11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 3 in Lindsay-Crossman Chapel on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace University. The service will include the Empty Chair Ceremony led by area clergy. A luncheon will follow.

Please RSVP by Jan. 23 to Veterans Outreach coordinator Chaplain Willie Springer, wspringer@cityofberea.org or (440) 973-4567.

On Feb. 3, 1943, the American troop ship Dorchester was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic. The four chaplains on board - two Protestant, one Catholic and one Jewish - gave their life vests to soldiers. The four clergy held hands and prayed together as the ship sank.

Lindsay-Crossman Chapel is at 56 Seminary St.