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17th District
Holds "Four Chaplains" Ceremony at Springfield Post
176
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The
Four Chaplains Memorial Service was held at Springfield Post 176
this past Sunday. The ceremony honors four Chaplains that gave
their lives so others could live after the Dorchester was hit by
a torpedo and sank during World War II.
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Linden B. Dixon, Jr., 17th
District Commander; Nancy Harting, 17th District Auxiliary
President; and Mark Pearson, 17th District SAL Commander and
Post 177 SAL Commander; during the "Placing of the Memorial
Wreath" ceremony.
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The ceremony was attended by Mark
Duke, 17th District Vice Commander and Post 177 Commander; Mark
Pearson, 17th District SAL Commander and Post 177 SAL Commander;
and Hilda Schaeffer, Post 177 Auxiliary President; as well as
spouses and others from Post 177.
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Mark Duke, 17th District
Vice Commander and Post 177 Commander, giving tribute to
Chaplain John Washington during the Four Chaplains ceremony.
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Department
of Virginia Commander Brett Reistad was in attendance for the
ceremony and the guest speaker was Chaplain (LTC) Bryan Walker,
currently serving as the Personnel Actions Officer for the Army
Chief of Chaplains. Breakfast was served by Post 176 after the
ceremony.
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