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Veterans recall 4 chaplains who made ultimate sacrifice
Lauren D'Avanzo, 10, of Bellmore, remembers the story of the 1943 attack on the U.S. military ship Dorchester because her grandfather, Joseph Archer, lived to tell her what happened on that hellish night in the North Atlantic.
"He said he jumped when the torpedo hit. He jumped and got into a lifeboat," Lauren said.
Along with her mother, Aileen D'Avanzo, and grandmother, Archer's widow,...
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