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On a luxury cruise for Memorial Day I feel guilty thinking about those who were on troop ships bound for war, especially the “Four Chaplains” of World War II.

(JTA) - Mark Auerbach was not yet 5 years old when he noticed an unusual stamp in his fathers dresser. The well-worn three-cent stamp featured a

Mark Auerbach works to preserve the memory of his relative Alexander Goode, an army chaplain who gave away his lifejacket and calmed panicked soldiers after a German U-boat attack

The sinking of the Dorchester is considered one of the country’s worst World War II-era sea disasters: Of the 902 men on board, only 203 survived.

In 1943, Rabbi Alexander D. Goode and three fellow chaplains — a priest and two ministers — made the ultimate sacrifice.

Father James Jackson, FSSP, appearing at a Nov. 15 arraignment before the Rhode Island District Court. / Joe Bukuras/CNA Providence, R.I., Oct 3, 2022 / 18:25 pm (CNA). Father James Jackson, a Rhode Island priest who was arrested in October on ...

NanoStockk/iStock/Getty Images Plus During the course of this “pandemic” and the self-inflicted crisis it has created, fewer words have received more of a workout than the word “hero.” Coming from a pre-9/11 generation, heroism has a certain meaning to me. This is what I think of when I think of heroism: On Feb. 3, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester carrying 902 service men, merchant seamen and civilian workers was sunk in the cold Atlantic. Through the pandemonium, according to those presen...