On this episode of Our American Stories, on the frigid night of February 3, 1943, the troop ship USS Dorchester was struck by a German torpedo. Within twenty minutes, the ship slipped beneath the waves. As it did, a Methodist minister, a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest, and a Dutch Reformed pastor moved calmly through the panicked crowd—guiding soldiers to lifeboats, offering prayers, and handing out lifejackets until none remained. When the last vests were gone, they gave away their own. Craig Du Mez of the Grateful Nation Project shares their story.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, on the frigid night of February 3, 1943, the troop ship&nbsp;USS Dorchester was struck by a German torpedo. Within twenty minutes, the ship slipped beneath the waves. As it did, a Methodist minister, a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest, and a Dutch Reformed pastor moved calmly through the panicked crowd&mdash;guiding soldiers to lifeboats, offering prayers, and handing out lifejackets until none remained. When the last vests were gone, they gave away their own. Craig Du Mez of the&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.herocards.us%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C5213e44038dd4db7c9aa08ddec9ca171%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638926879691458407%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BQPl1fvkFXt3SlhQbPTfnO%2F1WEC8BG8bCeDb%2FPoQIW8%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">Grateful Nation Project</a>&nbsp;shares their story.
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