American Minute with Bill Federer Four Chaplains Day: Sinking of USAT Dorchester & Courageous Self-Sacrifice On the frigid night of FEBRUARY 3, 1943, the overcrowded Allied ship U.S.A.T. Dorchester, carrying 902 servicemen, plowed through the dark, freezing waters near Greenland. At 1:00am, a Nazi submarine fired a torpedo into the transport’s flank, killing many in the explosion … More Four Chaplains Day