Faith. Courage. Sacrifice. Service.

February 3, 1943The Dorchester

On February 3, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester was torpedoed by a German submarine. As the ship sank in the icy North Atlantic off the coast of Greenland, survivors say four Army chaplains gave up their life jackets, linked arms, and offered prayers and words of courage.

One of them was Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, who left his pulpit at Temple Beth Israel in York to enlist. Their faiths were different. They met at the Army Chaplains School at Harvard and sailed together on the Dorchester toward their new assignments.