# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Four Chaplains Ceremony will be held February 3 at 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 166, St. Si¬mons Island. 

The memorial is an annual event throughout the American Legion but the first for the area. The ceremony will honor the chaplains who were on the ship USS Dorchester which was sunk by a German torpedo on February 3, 1943. These men gave up their life vests and perished in a hope to save the lives of four sailors. The chaplains locked arms and sang praises to God as they drowned. 

The order of service is tentative. Post Commander, Fred Schwartz will give the welcome. The Glynn County Sheriff’s Honor Guard will post the colors. 

Four speakers will light a corresponding candle, read the biography of their respective Chaplain. 

Speakers are Gen. Robert Magnus (USMC-Ret.), Father Emmanuel Antwi, Rev. Donald Combs, and Rev. Chris Oglesby. 
Dennis Bernal, the Post Chaplin will close the ceremony. 
Light refreshments will be provided.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saint-simons-island/4-chaplins-commemoration-service/200029525506911
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Saint Simons Island
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1013 Arthur J Moore Dr./P.O. Box 20504, Saint Simons Island, GA
- **lat**: 31.16888
- **long**: -81.40744
- **full address**: 1013 Arthur J Moore Dr./P.O. Box 20504, Saint Simons Island, GA, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service  being held?
  - **A:** 4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service  takes place on Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 1013 Arthur J Moore Dr./P.O. Box 20504, Saint Simons Island, GA, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service ?
  - **A:** 4 Chaplin's Commemoration Service  is organized by American Legion Post 166 St. Simons Island.

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