Ottawa in Toledo in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains

No Greater Love

— John 15:13 —

Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 26, 2023

1. Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

Inscription.
Of World War II who lost their lives when the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German submarine U-456 off Greenland February 3, 1943 with 904 men aboard, 605 were lost.

Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish ✡️ • Lt. George L. Fox, Protestant ✝️ • Lt. Clark V Poling, Protestant ✝️ • Lt. John P. Washington, Catholic ✝️

Let us pray for all chaplains.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the The Four Chaplains series list.

Location. 41° 39.365′ N, 83° 35.816′ W. Memorial is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Ottawa. It is on Calvery Cemetery west of Parkside Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2224 Calvery Cemetery, Toledo OH 43607, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); St. Hyacinth's Parish World War II Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); To Lay Down One's Life For One's Friends (approx. ¼ mile away);

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Westmoreland (approx. 0.4 miles away); The University of Toledo (approx. 0.9 miles away); McQuade - Sendelbach Family (approx. one mile away); UT WWII Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Toledo.

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 26, 2023

2. Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains Marker On The Back image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 26, 2023

3. Honoring Four Heroic Chaplains Marker On The Back

Credits. This page was last revised on March 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 173 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 12, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.