George Lansing Fox -- One of the 4 Dorchester Chaplains

George Lansing Fox -- One of the 4 Dorchester Chaplains is a Vermont historical marker in Concord, Essex County.

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Called from his Gilman parish to serve as a Chaplain in World War II, First Lieutenant Fox died when the Dorchester was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Giving his life jacket to a soldier, he perished with 3 other chaplains, in one of the most heroic acts of the War.

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1832 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · A topographical map of the White Mountains, of New Hampshire (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, N.H (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1877 · Map of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from Walling's map of the state 1877 (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H, 1872, covering the location of George Lansing Fox -- One of the 4 Dorchester Chaplains, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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George Lansing Fox -- One of the 4 Dorchester Chaplains

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