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In 1942, about one month after Pearl Harbor, the United States was scrambling to gather soldiers\u4e00and chaplains\u4e00to combat the Axis powers. In the meantime, Adolf Hitler delivered a rousing speech, predicting Germany\u2019s victory over America, which he claimed was merely a melting pot, a community made up of citizens foreign to each other. In doing so, Hitler framed the Second World War as a battle between homogeneity and diversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We know the result of that war today, but at the time, the balance between homogeneity and diversity was much more precarious.

America\u2019s plan directly opposed Hitler\u2019s belief that differences would destroy a people. America was gambling on diversity.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><\/span>The 1940s was a time when doors between different peoples were firmly closed and often bolted shut. Protestants didn\u2019t mix with Catholics, much less set foot in the Jewish side of town. Positive race relations weren\u2019t even really on the table. The United States government needed this to change if the country was to overcome the obstacles that Hitler predicted would destroy the United States. Fixated on religion, the military hoped to appeal to as many men as possible and focused on gathering chaplains from three religious groups: Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. It was their hope that all soldiers would be bolstered and encouraged by this small improvement in representation.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s plan directly opposed Hitler\u2019s belief that differences would destroy a people. America was gambling on diversity. Steven T. Collis\u2019s 2021 book, <\/span>The Immortals<\/span><\/i><\/a>, details a tragedy that still managed to support America\u2019s stance, a tragedy that held seeds of hope in the United States\u2019 ability to utilize differences of race and religion to overcome the forces of prejudice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Collis follows the story of four chaplains: John Washington, a Catholic priest; George Fox, a Methodist minister; Clark Poling, a Baptist minister; and Alexander Goode, a Jewish rabbi. All four were serving aboard the <\/span>Dorchester<\/span><\/i>, and all four sacrificed everything to save the drowning men on the torpedoed ship. In the process, they inspired others to save many more precious lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Immortals<\/span><\/i> frames the spiritual journey of each man in detail, following its protagonists as they developed a deep appreciation for their religion, which in turn fostered their belief in the value of humanity and a life in service of their fellow man. Each step in the men\u2019s spiritual journeys led them to the book\u2019s harrowing conclusion aboard the <\/span>Dorchester<\/span><\/i>, where the four men came together despite their different backgrounds and illustrated the power of charity given universally, even to the seemingly foreign.<\/span><\/p>\n

That kind of story isn\u2019t new. But the sinking of the <\/span>Dorchester <\/span><\/i>was the worst convoy loss of US personnel in the war, and the story of four heroic chaplains is a touching one. Collis\u2019s telling is also unique for its emotional and religious depth and detail, with the author contending its distinctiveness arises from its inclusion of the oft-forgotten petty officer Charles W. David Jr., who served aboard a coast guard cutter that accompanied the <\/span>Dorchester. <\/span><\/i>David was Black, which didn\u2019t stop him from saving dozens of soldiers from the frigid depths of the Atlantic, but it did prevent his story from being publicly praised and recounted alongside those of Washington, Fox, Poling, and Goode. That is, until <\/span>The Immortals<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

David\u2019s story still reads as separate from that of the chaplains, despite the fact that David\u2019s sacrifice completed the chaplains\u2019 mission of sending the <\/span>Dorchester<\/span><\/i> soldiers to safety. Perhaps it feels separate because, in some material details, David\u2019s story <\/span>was <\/span><\/i>separate; despite all of the government\u2019s attempts at inclusion, it fell short in underutilizing Black officers who clearly had the wherewithal to lead American troops, and David instead was assigned a minor role aboard a different ship. Even for years afterward, David\u2019s story was excluded from the account aboard the <\/span>Dorchester<\/span><\/i> because of his race.<\/span><\/p>\n

To some degree, America failed to disprove Hitler; the war was won, but Americans could not overcome their differences enough to fully utilize their diverse resources and unify a military across racial boundaries. <\/span>The Immortals <\/span><\/i>illustrates a heartening counterexample<\/span>\u2014<\/span>reflected in a respect for human life grounded in diverse convictions, but which manifested in a common lifesaving heroism from these five men.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the book also underscores a failure that continues to appear in American society, the constant struggle to respect differences and find positivity in diversity. Recent events make Collis\u2019s message more poignant than ever.

To these men, service and charity required an open acknowledgment of differences and a conviction in the eternal worth of each soul.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><\/span>How did those four chaplains overcome their sectionality to serve their soldiers in harmony? Moreover, how did a Black petty officer find the motivation to <\/span>volunteer<\/span><\/i> to jump into deadly waters and save people so different from him? Collis spends the first half of the book detailing the defining training that the chaplains received<\/span>\u2014<\/span>a training that must have stayed with them in their sacrifice. Interestingly enough, the exact same beliefs that separated the chaplains ended up being what reinforced how their differences were to be seen and valued.<\/span><\/p>\n

To these men, service and charity required an open acknowledgment of differences and a conviction in the eternal worth of each soul. <\/span>The Immortals<\/span><\/i>, with its final, deserved inclusion of David\u2019s story, represents one small step closer to acknowledging diversity and one huge step closer to acknowledging the spark of heroism, bravery, and humanity that thrives in each soul, regardless of religion, race, or any other difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Immortals <\/span><\/i>is the kind of story that Hitler could never have understood, but it\u2019s one every American must understand in order to overcome the divisions that have never disappeared since Hitler first observed them. Though the story of these five men will always be needed, its deserved <\/span>immortality <\/span><\/i>depends on our own recognition and honoring of what they have done.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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