Jan. 30—STERLING — Sterling American Legion Chaplain Gordon E. Harris is reviving a mostly forgotten story about the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester during World War II and the ...
American Legion Post 369 in St. John plans to honor the four chaplains who saved civilians and soldiers on the SS Dorchester, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat during one of the worst sea ...
It was 81 years ago, on Feb. 3, 1943, that the troop ship USAT Dorchester was hit by an enemy torpedo and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Of the 902 young men on board, only 230 survived, ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - An annual tradition took place at American Legion posts across the country Sunday to honor four fallen chaplains from World War II and remember their story of ...