Justice for the Sinking of the SS Dorchester on February 3 1943

Many articles have been written about the loss of the SS Dorchester on February 3, 1943.

Eighty years ago this week, the sinking resulted in the tragic loss of many American soldiers who had never stepped foot in a combat zone. Wolf packs consisting of multiple submarines was a powerful force of destruction on merchant shipping. But by 1943,  newly trained divisions of the army were being surged to England to prepare for the eventual invasion of France and liberation of Europe from the Nazis.

The Dorchester sinking is best described here:

No Greater Glory: The Four Chaplains and the Sinking of the USAT Dorchester

For her first patrol, U-223 departed Kiel on 12 January 1943. Keeping to the Norwegian side of the North Sea, she entered the Atlantic Ocean having negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She moved to the south of Greenland. There, she sank…