Four Chaplains remembrance service conducted at Camp Humphreys, Korea

Camp Humphreys, Korea, OT

Col. Lewis L. Millett American Legion Post 38 of South Korea, along with PFC Paul E. Finn Memorial American Legion Post 37, conducted the Four Chaplains remembrance service on Feb. 3, 2025. The ceremony was held at the Four Chaplains Chapel at Camp Humphreys, South Korea.

The remembrance service honored the actions of four Army chaplains who gave their lives to save others. During World War II, when their transport ship, USAT Dorchester, was torpedoed, the Four Chaplains spread out on the ship, comforted the wounded and directed the others to safety. The Four Chaplains distributed life jackets, and when they ran out, they removed their life jackets and gave them to four young men. As Dorchester sank, the chaplains were seen linked arm in arm, praying.

These four U.S. chaplains came from different faiths and backgrounds. John P. Washington was a Catholic priest from Kearny, N.J. Rabbi Alexander D. Goode was a native of York, Pa. Clark V. Poling was a minister in the Reformed Church in America at the First Reformed Church in Schenectady, N.Y. George L. Fox, a decorated World War I veteran, was a Methodist minister in Gilman, Vt.

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