We brought the camera into Town today, and here are a few photos.
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| The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains |
A convoy of three ships and three escorting Coast Guard cutters passed
through "torpedo alley" some 100 miles off the coast of Greenland at
about 1 a.m. on February 3, 1943. The submarine U-223 fired three
torpedoes, one of which hit the midsection of the
Dorchester, a U.S. Army troopship with more than 900 men on board.
Ammonia and oil were everywhere in the fast-sinking vessel and upon the
freezing sea.
The four Chaplains on board, two Protestant pastors, a Catholic priest
and a Jewish rabbi, were among the first on deck, calming the men and
handing out life jackets. When they ran out, they took off their own and
placed them on
waiting soldiers without regard to faith or race.
Approximately 18 minutes from the explosion, the ship went down. They
were the last to be seen by witnesses; they were standing arm-in-arm on
the hull of the
ship, each praying in his own way for the care of the
men. Almost 700 died, making it the third largest loss at sea of its
kind for the United States during World War II. The
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa was able to
escort the other freighters to Greenland. Meanwhile the cutters
Comanche and
Escanaba, disobeying orders to continue the seach for the German U-Boat, stopped to rescue 230 men from the frigid waters that night.
Continued: http://www.immortalchaplains.org/Story/story.htm
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| Lampposts line the street |
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| Same picture I posted earlier, but at night w/the lights |
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| Christmas Tree in Riverside Park in Town |
11330 South Indian River Drive, Sebastian, FL
http://www.pelicanslandingresort.com/
