The Four Chaplains : The Movie

Set your VCR’s and Tivo’s for Wednesday at 10pm. The Hallmark Channel will be airing a documentary called The Four Chaplains : Sacrifice at Sea.

The true story of four World War II U.S. Army chaplains who sacrificed their lives to save their comrades comes to life in “The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea,” a prime-time television special that airs nationally on Wednesday, November 10, (10 p.m. ET/PT) on Hallmark Channel. The one-hour documentary recounts through dramatic military film footage, recreations, and personal interviews with survivors and family members how a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and two Protestant ministers removed their life jackets for others, and spent their last moments praying, arm-in-arm, as the U.S.A.T. Dorchester went down.

In 1960, the U.S. Congress created a special Medal of Valor honoring the Four Chaplains, and their memory is preserved in a stained glass rendering in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. You can find out more background information at the films official website. You can also view a trailer for the movie there.