[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E19]
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                TRIBUTE TO FOUR WWII U.S. ARMY CHAPLAINS

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                           HON. SUE W. KELLY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroism and 
courageous act of self-sacrifice of four U.S. Army Chaplains. On a 
chilly February day in 1943 during the perilous times of World War II, 
these four soldiers selflessly gave their life jackets to their fellow 
comrades as the USS Dorchester sunk to the depths of the Atlantic 
Ocean. The chaplains may have perished on that fateful day but their 
memory of sacrifice lives on forever.
  The chaplains included: LT George L. Fox, LT Alexander D. Goode, LT 
Johnny P. Washington, and LT Clark V. Poling. The four honorable men 
represented differing religious faiths ranging from Catholic to Jewish 
to Protestant. Not only did each chaplain teach of their respective 
religion, but with their humble act exercised their faiths inherent 
principles of goodwill and charity toward others.
  I would like to commend the American Legion Argonne Post No. 71 in 
Brewster, New York, who on Monday, February 6, 2006, will remember the 
four Army chaplains in ceremony. Honoring the requests of the Argonne 
Legion post I gratefully join them in remembering February 5th as Four 
Chaplain's Sunday. As a Nation, it's imperative that we follow the lead 
of the American Legion and join in honoring these four brave and 
courageous soldiers.

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