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Memorial Viaduct
Massillon, Ohio
Renamed & Rededication September 22, 1993
| Date |
Sunday, February 11, 2007 Sixty Fourth
Four Chaplains Ecumenical Service |
| Time |
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Place |
Faith Lutheran Church, 107 Sixth Street
SW, Massillon, Ohio |
| Pastor |
Rev. R. Langley Collins |
| Organist |
Jane Sima |
| Speaker |
City of Massillon Mayor Francis H.
Cicchinelli, Jr., The Guest Speaker |
| Greetings |
Commander Mark Weldon, American Legion
Massillon Post 221 |
| Chairman |
Francis H. Elmerick |
| |
Services will be held in two parts and
places again this year.
At 9:15 AM, Services are held inside of Faith
Lutheran Church
At 9:45 AM, Procession to west end of Four
Chaplains Memorial Viaduct Plaque.
(Approximately 400 feet)
Massillon City Safety Service Director Michael
Loudiana will arrange for Traffic Control which
will be provided for your safety.
Procession will be led by Honor Guard & Color
Guard for closing of ceremony. |
| Prayer |
Rev. R. Langley Collions, Pastor. |
| Honor Guard - |
Massillon Bishop Assembly, Fourth Degree
- Commander Paul Haig |
| Color Guard - |
American Legion S.A.L. Squadron 221 -
Commander Ben Gutscher |
| Color Guard - |
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 -
President Martha Lee Thatcher |
| Color Guard - |
Marlboro Volunteers Inc. - President Don
Shelby |
| Color Guard - |
U.S. Jewish War Veterans Bernard &
Sanford Wilkof Post 73 - Quartermaster Max M.
Wachtel |
| Color Guard - |
555th Honors Detachment - President Elton
Boyer |
| Color Guard - |
Catholic War Veterans - Our Lady of
Lourdes Post 1325 - Michael Staschak |
| Taps |
Bugler James Forsythe - American Legion
Massillon Post 221 |
| Rifle Salute |
American Legion Massillon Post 221 - 1st
Sgt. William Jody Stevenson |
| The U.S.A.T.
Dorchester left New York on January 22, 1943 -
bound for Greenland, via St. John's Convoy
composed of three U.S. Merchant Marine Ships.
Three Ships - U.S.A.T. Dorchester, S.S. Lutz,
and S.S. Biscaya. Also three U.S. Cost
Guard Cutters - U.S.C.G. Tampa, U.S.C.G.
Escanaba, and U.S.C.G. Commanche. At about
0355 CCT (12:55 AM Ships time) on February 3,
1943, The U.S.A.T. Dorchester was torpedoed
without warning by a German Submarine U-223, 90
miles off of the coast of Greenland. Of
the 904 persons on board of whom of only 229
were saved. Many of the troops on board
never had a furlough to visit their families
once leaving for military service in 1942.
On Board were the Four Chaplains:
| 1st Lt. George L. Fox |
|
Methodist |
| 1st Lt. Alexander D. Goode |
|
Jewish |
| 1st Lt. Clark V. Poling |
|
Dutch Reformed |
| 1st Lt. John P. Washington |
|
Roman Catholic |
|
-Francis H. Elmerich, Chairman
Four Chaplains Memorial Service
|