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br> Re: Mark Tooley's Faith on Deck : /p> p>At Fort Benning, Georgia, there is a "Field of the Four Chaplains." When I ran across it in 2004, I knew immediately who it memorialized. My World War Two veteran father and my mother had taken me at a young age to a wax museum, where a life size portrayal of the four chaplains was displayed. The scene showed the four men in their last moments on the deck of the Dorchester. This was an active display with the deck rolling and water pouring back and forth. I will never forget it. br> -- David Shoup br> Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom /p> p> Thank you for the reminder. I would offer a petition at this week's mass in the memory of the Immortal Four, but my parish is simply way too progressive to tolerate such sentimental claptrap. I recommend a copy of Dan Kurzman's biography of the chaplains, No Greater Glory . And after you've read it, consider donating it to the nearest school library. I did. br> -- Mark K. Zunk br> Indianapolis, Indiana

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