Heros still Live

Once in a while you come across a story about some men forgotten long ago, yet they still need to be remembered.
It was in the early hours of February, 1943, and the U.S. Army troopship "Dorchester" steamed in the icy waters about 100 miles off the coast of Greenland. The ship was carrying some 900 men.
At 12:55am a torpedo from a German sub ripped into the side and immediately the ship started to sink. Desperate soldiers rushed topside, stumbling toward lifeboats and even jumping overboard.
In the midst of all this confusion, four Army chaplains worked quietly, calming the troops down, directing men toward the lifeboats and handing out life jackets. When the supply of life jackets ran out these four chaplains gave their own to other men.
The four chaplains and their names: Jewish rabbi Alexander Goode, Catholic priest John Washington, and protestant ministers George Fox and Clark Poling.
As the ship slid beneath the surface, soldiers in the lifeboats took one last look at the "Dorchester". They saw the four chaplains standing on deck, arms linked, praying.
They paid the ultimate price. They could have been saved. They could have taken care of themselves first.
Even in the challenging times we live in, stories like this one remind me of the good that is still in many people. There are men and women all over the world living their faith out in hostile places and situations.
I do not know the truth of this next statement but I believe it to be so. When we get to heaven, the ones closet to Jesus will not be the famous preacher or powerful, rich believers. It will be the ones whose names we do not know on earth, but heaven sings their praises.
Jim Lagrone