TN SJR0007

Designates Sunday, February 2, 2025, and the first Sunday in February each year thereafter as "Four Chaplains Day" in Tennessee

Honors four U.S. Army chaplains—Lt. George L. Fox (Methodist), Lt. Alexander D. Goode (Jewish), Lt. John P. Washington (Roman Catholic), and Lt. Clark V. Poling (Dutch Reformed)—who died aboard the USS Dorchester on February 3, 1943

The Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Newfoundland, sinking in less than 20 minutes with only 230 of 902 men surviving

The four chaplains gave their own lifejackets to soldiers after the supply ran out, sacrificing their lives while praying together as the ship sank

The chaplains were posthumously awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, and in 1960, the congressionally authorized Four Chaplains Medal