LEWISTON – Area veterans recently commemorated the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the U.S. Army transport, S.S. Dorchester, by a German U-boat in the North Atlantic in February of 1943.

The service was held at the Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Bennett Barnes, interim rector, giving the invocation.

District 3 Historian Paul R. Bernard, American Legion Post 111, presented the story of the four U.S. Army chaplains.

Warren K. Clark, Marine Corps League, Detachment 810, Armand Bussiere, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9150, Jerry DerBoghosian, American Legion adjutant, and Barnes each read 10 names of the 40 veterans from Maine who died .

Clark also gave the biography of Chaplain George Fox; Bussiere presented the biography of Chaplain Alexander Goode; DerBoghosian gave the biography of Chaplain Clark Poling; and Barnes told of Chaplain Johnny Washington. Candles were lit.

A Four Chaplains Service will also be observed at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the American Legion Post 158, Lisbon, and by the Marine Corps League, Central Maine Detachment 810. at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the New Auburn American Legion Post 153

To learn more about The Four Chaplains, log on to www.maineamericanlegion.com.