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RI S2190
Resolution
Status
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Leonidas Raptakis
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AI Summary
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Rhode Island Senate commemorates the 83rd anniversary of the "Four Chaplains" who died on February 3, 1943, when the SS Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-Boat 100 miles from Greenland
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The four chaplains—George Fox (Methodist), Alexander Goode (Jewish Rabbi), Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed), and John Washington (Roman Catholic)—were Army First Lieutenants who gave up their own life jackets to fellow passengers and perished among the 670 who died
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Congress authorized the Four Chaplains' Medal in 1960, which was presented to their next of kin in 1961; memorials include a Pentagon Chapel stained glass window and the East Coast Memorial in Manhattan
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The Secretary of State is directed to transmit certified copies of this resolution to the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Veterans Affairs and the Rhode Island Marine Corps League Division Chaplain
Legislative Description
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 83RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
Last Action
Senate read and passed
1/22/2026