Sunday, November 15, 2026
William Kaemmer delivered a heartfelt accounting of the Four Chaplains heroic deeds.
Lely Presbyterian’s Ed Brandt is choked up after introducing Stanley Fahl.
Stanley Fahl addresses the audience.
Harve Sturm delivers the benediction.
Mike Shaughnessy did a beautiful job on the bagpipes.
Former POW Wayne Smith had the audience spellbound with stories of his imprisonment in the most notorious POW camp, Hoa Lo Prison, known to Americans as the Hanoi Hilton.
Bob Morris sings “Eternal Father Strong to Save.”
The memory of the Four Chaplains of WWII fame was honored Friday, February 10, at Lely Presbyterian Church in a heartfelt ceremony that had many of the presenters fighting back tears.
The Four Chaplains are remembered for giving up their life jackets to other passengers when their ship, the Dorchester, was torpedoed and sank on February 3, 1943, in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic.
Lely Presbyterian Pastor Ed Brandt, who once was the Senior Army National Guard Chaplain and Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Army National Guard, presided over the program.
Four Chaplains Foundation Executive Director William Kaemmer delivered a tear-rending speech about the heroics of the Four Chaplains.
Honors were present to Helen Johnson, Stanley Fahl and Wayne Smith. Bob Morris delivered beautiful renditions of Eternal Father Strong to Save and My America.
The Palmetto Ridge High School JROTC color guard was on hand for the presentation of the colors.
Bagpiper Mike Shaughnessy brought the event to a fitting close with a stirring postlude.
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