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Text transcribed from caption: PRESENT CITATIONS TO HEROIC CHAPLAINS NEXT OF
KIN #1155 NEW YORK -- Father George B. Ford, New York, presents sitations
[sic] to next of kin of four Protestant, Jewish and Catholic Navy chaplains
who died together in the sinking of the transport Dorchester in 1943 after
giving their lifebelts to others aboard the ship. The citations were given by
the Committee of Catholics for Human Rights at a dinner in the Hotel
Roosevelt, New York. The four recipients, shown left to right, were Mrs.
Clarke V. Poling and Mrs. George L. Fox, wives of the Protestant chaplains;
Mrs. Leonard A. Schwoebel, sister of Catholic Chaplain John P. Washington;
and Mrs. Alexander D. Goode, wife of the Jewish chaplain. Credit Must Read:
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SN-NY-TFD-11-30-5)
Subject names:
United States. Navy--Chaplains., Catholic Church--Clergy., Ford, George Barry, 1885-1978., Roosevelt (Hotel : New York, N.Y.), Poling, Elizabeth Jung., Poling, Clark Vandersall, 1910-1943--Death and burial., Fox, Isadore H., 1896-1982., Fox, George Lansing, 1900-1943., Goode, Teresa Flax., Goode, Alexander D. (Alexander David), 1911-1943--Death and burial., Washington, John P. (John Patrick), 1908-1943--Death and burial., Schwoebel, Anna Beatrice Washington., Dorchester (Ship), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Chaplains, Military--Death., Award presentations--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Spouses of clergy--New York (State)--New York., Military chaplains' spouses--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis' spouses--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945.