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'''Four Chaplains Day''' is February 3.  It marks an event in 1943 when a Nazi submarine sunk the Allied ship ''Dorchester'' in icy waters off of Greenland.  

'''Four Chaplains Day''' is February 3.  It marks an event in 1943 when a [[Nazi]] submarine sunk the Allied ship ''Dorchester'' in icy waters off of [[Greenland]].  

Four chaplains were on board: a priest, a rabbi and two Protestant ministers.  They distributed life jackets to the servicemen and then gave up their own jackets to save more lives.  The chaplains went down with the ship, giving their lives for other servicemen.  Their final words were prayers.

Four chaplains were on board: a priest, a rabbi and two Protestant ministers.  They distributed life jackets to the servicemen and then gave up their own jackets to save more lives.  The chaplains went down with the ship, giving their lives for other servicemen.  Their final words were prayers.

On February 7, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower honored them with this remark:  

On February 7, 1954, President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] honored them with this remark:  

:And we remember that, only a decade ago, aboard the transport Dorchester, four chaplains of four faiths together willingly sacrificed their lives so that four others might live.

:And we remember that, only a decade ago, aboard the transport Dorchester, four chaplains of four faiths together willingly sacrificed their lives so that four others might live.