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- The Four Chaplains' Medal was a decoration approved by an Act of Congress on July 14, 1960 (P.L. 86-656, 74 Stat. 521). The decoration recognizes the heroic actions of four Army Chaplains during World War II. The statute awarding the medal is listed as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to award posthumously appropriate medals and certificates to Chaplain George L. Fox of Gilman, Vermont; Chaplain Alexander D. Goode of Washington, District of Columbia; Chaplain Clark V. Poling of Schenectady, New York; and Chaplain John P. Washington of Arlington, New Jersey, in recognition of the extraordinary heroism displayed by them when they sacrificed their lives in the sinking of the troop transport Dorchester in the North Atlantic in 1943 by giving up their life preservers to other men aboard such transport. The medals and certificates authorized by this Act shall be in such form and of such design as shall be prescribed by the President, and shall be awarded to such representatives of the aforementioned chaplains as the President may designate. Also known as the Chaplain's Medal of Honor and the Chaplain's Medal for Heroism, its design commemorates the actions of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives in the line of duty on February 3, 1943. The medal was designed by Thomas Hudson Jones (1892–1969) of the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It was presented posthumously to their next of kin by Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker at Fort Myer, Virginia, on January 18, 1961. (en)
- La Chaplain's Medal for Heroism est une décoration militaire américaine créée par un acte du congrès le 18 janvier 1961. Aussi connue sous le nom de Chaplain's Medal of Honor et de Four Chaplains' Medal, cette décoration commémore les actions de quatre aumôniers militaires qui donnèrent leur vie sur la ligne de front le 3 février 1943. Les quatre aumôniers tués par un sous-marin allemand en 1943 ont également reçu à titre posthume la Purple Heart et la Distinguished Service Cross. Comme la médaille n'a servi qu'une fois, on la considère plus comme une médaille commémorative qui n'est pas portée sur un uniforme militaire. Bien que considérée juste au niveau inférieur à la Medal of Honor, elle n'est jamais utilisée pour récompenser une action militaire. Mais elle pourrait néanmoins l'être dans le futur en cas d'actes héroïques réalisés par des aumôniers militaires. (fr)
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- The Four Chaplains' Medal was a decoration approved by an Act of Congress on July 14, 1960 (P.L. 86-656, 74 Stat. 521). The decoration recognizes the heroic actions of four Army Chaplains during World War II. The statute awarding the medal is listed as follows: (en)
- La Chaplain's Medal for Heroism est une décoration militaire américaine créée par un acte du congrès le 18 janvier 1961. Aussi connue sous le nom de Chaplain's Medal of Honor et de Four Chaplains' Medal, cette décoration commémore les actions de quatre aumôniers militaires qui donnèrent leur vie sur la ligne de front le 3 février 1943. (fr)
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