The Four Chaplains - Elmira, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"Bas-relief busts of four chaplains: George Lansing Fox, Clark Vandersoll Poling, Alexander David Goode, and John Patrick Washington. The chaplains are dressed in military uniform. The busts are part of a relief plaque that includes decorative elements and symbols."

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"Dorchester left New York on January 23, 1943, en route to Greenland, carrying the four chaplains and approximately 900 others, as part of a convoy of three ships (SG-19 convoy)...During the early morning hours of February 3, 1943, at 12:55 a.m., the vessel was torpedoed by the German submarine U-223 off Newfoundland in the North Atlantic... Only 230 of the 904 men aboard the ship were rescued. Life jackets offered little protection from hypothermia, which killed most men in the water...The 60-minute TV documentary The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea was produced in 2004...On December 19, 1944, all four chaplains were posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross."

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TITLE: The Four Chaplains ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: 1/1/1945 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000234 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Harry B. Bentley Post # 443 316 Lake Street Elmira New York 14901 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: text above: "Brotherhood One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty & justice for all" text below: "Honoring the four heroic chaplains who gave their life jackets that four soldiers might live. The S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed February 3, 1943. As it sank the four were seen linked arm in arm, heads uplifted in prayer. Harry B. Bentley Post No. 443" Each has, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish under their name and image. There is also a medal in the middle with a cross and eagle. There is a wreath around them, Under the wreath there is a torah and star of David on the left and a cross on the right. There is a cement walkway in front of the monument and a flagpole behind with a U.S flag and a POW MIA flag.

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