Chaplains from the three armed services were honored here last night at the annual “Four Chaplains Award Dinner” of the Alexander D. Goode Lodge of B’nai B’rith. The award commemorates four military chaplains of the three faiths, including the late Rabbi Alexander Goode, who perished after giving up their life jackets to soldiers aboard the torpedoed U.S. troopship Dorchester February 3, 1943.
The “Chaplains of the Year” honored at last night’s dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, each of whom received a citation and a cash award of $500 for best exemplifying by their personalities and work the spirit of the four chaplains, were, Capt. Joshua Goldberg, Third Naval District Chaplain; Col. Constantine E. Zielinski, Catholic Cadet Chaplain at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Col. Edwin L. Kirtley, Senior Chaplain with the Army Forces in Europe.
A memorial service to the four chaplains was held at the Bronx. Veterans Hospital this week-end. Wreaths were placed on the water of the Four Chaplains Memorial Pool, constructed nine years ago at the hospital.
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