At every Concord, I look for a story. East Concord, Vermont, has a story concerning the heroism of a chaplain from East Concord, Vermont - George Lansing Fox. At the outbreak of WWII, Fox and his son both joined up. Fox was assigned was aboard the S.S. Dorchester when she was torpedoed. According to Wikipaedia,
"On February 2, 1943 the German submarine U-223 spotted the convoy and fired a torpedo which struck the Dorchester shortly after midnight. Hundreds of men packed the decks of the rapidly sinking ship and scrambled for the lifeboats. Several of the lifeboats had been damaged and the four chaplains began to organize frightened soldiers. They distributed life jackets from a locker; when the supply of life jackets ran out, each of the chaplains gave theirs to other soldiers. When the last lifeboats were away, the chaplains prayed with those unable to escape the sinking ship. 27 minutes after the torpedo struck, the Dorchester disappeared below the waves with 672 men still aboard."
The four chaplains were of four different faiths. They were last seen kneeling with their arms interlocked in prayer.