4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service
Schedule
Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1013 Arthur J Moore Dr./P.O. Box 20504, Saint Simons Island, GA | Saint Simons Island, GA
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The Four Chaplains Ceremony will be held February 3 at 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 166, St. Si¬mons Island. The memorial is an annual event throughout the American Legion but the first for the area. The ceremony will honor the chaplains who were on the ship USS Dorchester which was sunk by a German torpedo on February 3, 1943. These men gave up their life vests and perished in a hope to save the lives of four sailors. The chaplains locked arms and sang praises to God as they drowned.
The order of service is tentative. Post Commander, Fred Schwartz will give the welcome. The Glynn County Sheriff’s Honor Guard will post the colors.
Four speakers will light a corresponding candle, read the biography of their respective Chaplain.
Speakers are Gen. Robert Magnus (USMC-Ret.), Father Emmanuel Antwi, Rev. Donald Combs, and Rev. Chris Oglesby.
Dennis Bernal, the Post Chaplin will close the ceremony.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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