3c Four Chaplains single
Object Details
- Description
- This Four Chaplains Issue depicts George L. Fox, Clark V. Poling, John P. Washington and Alexander D. Goode, four chaplains, also known as the "Immortal Chaplains," who sacrificed their lives during the sinking of the S.S. Dorchester. The S.S. Dorchester was a United States Army Transport ship that was struck by a German U-Boat during World War Two. The chaplains helped soldiers onto their life boats and gave up their own life jackets.
- United States; World War Two; ship; chaplain; Army; military; religion; sacrifice
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 28, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4023
- Depicts
- Alexander D. Goode, American, 1911-1943
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Clark V. Poling, American, 1910 - 1943
- George Lansing Fox, American, 1900 - 1943
- John Patrick Washington, American, 1908 - 1943
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (gray black); adhesive
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 956
- Depicts
- Steamship "S.S. Dorchester"
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- Humanitarian Causes
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Ships & Waterways
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4023
