Leetsdale in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 24, 2024

1. Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

Inscription. Of World War II who gave their lives so that others could live when the S.S. Dorchester sank off Greenland, Feb. 3, 1943

Lt. G.L. Fox • Protestant

Lt. A.D. Goode • Jewish

Lt. C.V. Poling • Protestant

Lt. J.P. Washington • Catholic

Under One God

Catholic • Jewish • Protestant

Erected 1986 by Quaker Valley Area Veterans.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.

Location. 40° 33.818′ N, 80° 12.324′ W. Memorial is in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It can be reached from Beaver Street south of Camp Meeting Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Leetsdale PA 15056, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Leetsdale Armed Forces Memorial (here, next to this marker); Leetsdale Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Daniel Leet (approx. ¼ mile away); D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children (approx. 0.7 miles away); Shields Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Allegheny County

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Crescent Township Honor Roll (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Crescent Township Honor Roll (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leetsdale.

Also see . . . No Greater Glory: The Four Chaplains and the Sinking of the USAT Dorchester. The Army Historical Foundation (Submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 24, 2024

2. Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 24, 2024

3. Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

The memorial below in this park is dedicated to the four chaplains and six hundred men who went down in the USS Dorchester that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean World War II Feb. 3, 1943.

Plaque presented by Masonic Lodge Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 24, 2024

4. Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains Marker

USAT Dorchester image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Most likely, U.S.Army

5. USAT Dorchester

Taken from official U.S.Coast Guard site, CoastGuard.DODLive.mil, described online as "official blog" of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.