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A memorial service was held recently at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lewiston to honor the four U.S. Army chaplains who gave up their lifebelts to servicemen who didn’t have lifebelts during the sinking of the U.S.S. Dorchester off the coast of Greenland on Feb. 3, 1943. The Dorchester sank in 27 minutes. Of the 902 U.S. servicemen and crew members aboard only 230 survived. The surviving servicemen could see and hear the four chaplains, arms linked, offering prayers as the Dorchester sank. The Rev. Dr. Steven Crowson, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, right, offered special prayers and Jerry DerBoghosian, adjutant of Post 22 American Legion, left, gave an account of the sinking.
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