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The Sullivan brothers were five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa who served together on the light cruiser USS Juneau. They were all killed in action when Juneau served in the Naval battle of Guadalcanal , November 13th, 1942.
May 9, 2017 · Varied authorities with mass media pull would convince Americans of the boys’ luster as the brothers and their family became cogs in a propaganda machine that would transform them all into heroes—individuals unrecognizable to their Waterloo, Iowa, hometown.
Nov 15, 2000 · The True Story of the Fighting Sullivans. On Friday, November 13, 1942, all five Sullivan brothers from Iowa were serving aboard the U.S.S. Juneau when a Japanese torpedo hit. 400 died instantly; 150 or so bobbed helplessly in shark-infested water.
The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued Academy Award for Best Story.
In this dramatization of a true story, five brothers from Iowa (James Cardwell, John Campbell, George Offerman Jr., John Alvin, Edward Ryan) grow up in an inseparable family during the Great...
Apr 11, 2018 · The spotlight on the Sullivan family’s sacrifice eventually led Hollywood to produce a film called “The Fighting Sullivans.” It was a real pot-boiler, which fictionalized the boys’ life ...
Jul 6, 2020 · The famous “Fighting Sullivans” were killed when this light anti-aircraft cruiser was hit by the second torpedo in less than 24 hours. USS Juneau sank in less than 20 seconds. The Fighting Sullivan brothers of WWII. The story began when Alleta Abel married Thomas Sullivan in 1914.
