Immortal sacrifice

The Four Chaplains, from different faiths, were united in the way they put their faith into action.

Top row: George Lansing Fox, Alexander David Goode. Bottom row: Clark Vandersall Poling, John Patrick Washington

When America entered World War II, a young Dutch Reformed minister named Clark Poling wanted immediately to enlist. His father, Daniel Poling, was also a minister, and a pioneer in broadcast ministry who had a weekly radio program in the 1920s and 1930s. The elder…