Sunday, February 3, 2013

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—Feb. 3, 1943: US transport Dorchester sunk by U-223 off Greenland, 675/900 killed; four chaplains of different faiths give away their lifebelts and go down with the ship. Britain allows 5000 Bulgarian Jews, mostly children, to emigrate to Palestine.

2 comments:

  1. Leave it to you Sarah to remember this unforgetable event! Ex-RAF hubby says there is a wonderful glass stained window to commemorate this in WA DC:

    http://freethoughtalmanac.com/?p=1219

    All the best,

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  2. How wonderful! Thank you for sharing!

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