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The Four Chaplains, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  The Four Chaplains, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. 3 in. Inscription:  (On sculpture above the reliefs:) BROTHERHOOD/ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE/WITH LIBERTY, & JUSTICE FOR ALL. (Below respective relief busts:) LT. G. L. FOX/PROTESTANT LT. A. D. GOODE/JEWISH LT. J. P. WASHINGTON/CATHOLIC LT. C. V. POLING/PROTESTANT (On sculpture below the reliefs:) HONORING THE/FOUR HEROIC CHAPLAINS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE JACKETS THAT FOUR SOLDIERS/MIGHT LIVE, THE S. S. DORCHESTER WAS TORPEDOED/FEB.5, 1945 AS IT SANK THE FOUR WERE SEEN/LINKED ARM IN ARM, HEADS UPLIFTED IN PRAYER./HARRY BENTLEY POST # 443 Description:  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. Subject:  Portrait male -- Fox, George Lansing -- Bust Portrait male -- Poling, Clark Vandersoll -- Bust Portrait male -- Goode, Alexander David -- Bust Portrait male -- Washington, John Patrick -- Bust History -- United States -- World War II Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira Sculpture Owner:  Harry B. Bentley Post # 443, 316 Lake Street, Elmira, New York 14901 Remarks:  Memorial to George Lansing Fox, Clark Vandersoll Poling, Alexander David Goode, and John Patrick Washington, four chaplains on the troop transport Dorchester. When a submarine torpedoed the vessel on Feb. 5, 1945, they gave away their life jackets to remain on the ship to comfort and help the others and went down with the ship. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY000234   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000234 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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