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Sullivan brothers

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The five Sullivan brothers were World War II sailors who, serving together on the, were all killed in action on its sinking around November 13, 1942. [1]

46 relations: Allies of World War II, American Broadcasting Company, Associated Press, BBC News, Bixby letter, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Borgstrom brothers, Brothers von Blücher, Caroline's Spine, Chief petty officer, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Coxswain, Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Destroyer, Espiritu Santo, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gilbert C. Hoover, Good Morning America, Guadalcanal Campaign, Gunner's mate, Hypernatremia, Killed in action, Lieutenant commander, Light cruiser, Military History Monthly, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, New Haven, Connecticut, Niland brothers, Pocket Books, Pope Pius XII, Rolling Stone, Saving Private Ryan, Seaman, Sole Survivor Policy, Sullivan (song), The Boston Globe, The Fighting Sullivans, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Torpedo, United States Navy, USS The Sullivans (DD-537), USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), Waterloo, Iowa, WAVES, World War II, Yokosuka, Kanagawa.

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bixby letter

The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, Massachusetts, who was thought to have lost five sons in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Borgstrom brothers

The Borgstrom brothers were four siblings killed over a six-month period during World War II.

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Brothers von Blücher

The Brothers von Blücher (Gebrüder von Blücher) were a trio of German brothers and paratroopers of the Luftwaffe who were killed in combat within hours of each other on 21 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete.

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Caroline's Spine

Caroline's Spine is an alternative rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Chief petty officer

A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft.

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Coxswain

The coxswain is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering.

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Department of Defense Dependents Schools

The Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) are a network of schools, both primary and secondary, that serve the dependents of United States military and civilian DoD personnel in three areas of the world; Europe, Pacific, and Eastern United States and Caribbean areas.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

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Espiritu Santo

Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Gilbert C. Hoover

Rear Admiral Gilbert Corwin Hoover (July 25, 1894 – January 8, 1980) was a United States Naval officer from 1916–1947.

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Good Morning America

Good Morning America (GMA) is an American morning television show that is broadcast on ABC.

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Guadalcanal Campaign

The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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Gunner's mate

The United States Navy & United States Coast Guard occupational rating of gunner's mate (GM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted sailors who either satisfactorily complete initial Gunner's Mate "A" school training, or who "strike" for the rating by showing competence in the field of ordnance.

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Hypernatremia

Hypernatremia, also spelled hypernatraemia, is a high concentration of sodium in the blood.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces.

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Lieutenant commander

Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated LCdr, LCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies.

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Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship.

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Military History Monthly

Military History Monthly is a monthly military history magazine, published by Current Publishing.

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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, the Battle of Friday the 13th, or, in Japanese sources, the, took place from 12–15 November 1942, and was the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied (primarily American) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Niland brothers

The Niland brothers were four American brothers of Irish descent from Tonawanda, New York, who served in the military during World War II.

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Pocket Books

Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.

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Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII (Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (2 March 18769 October 1958), was the Pope of the Catholic Church from 2 March 1939 to his death.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.

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Seaman

Seaman is a naval rank and is either the lowest or one of the lowest ranks in most navies around the world.

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Sole Survivor Policy

The Sole Survivor Policy or DoD Directive 1315.15 "Special Separation Policies for Survivorship" describes a set of regulations in the Military of the United States that are designed to protect members of a family from the draft or from combat duty if they have already lost family members in military service.

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Sullivan (song)

"Sullivan" is a song by Caroline's Spine and the debut single from their major label debut album, Monsoon.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872.

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The Fighting Sullivans

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.

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The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier is a daily afternoon newspaper published by Lee Enterprises for people living in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa as well as northeast Iowa.

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Torpedo

A modern torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with its target or in proximity to it.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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USS The Sullivans (DD-537)

USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a. She is a United States Navy ship named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers (George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert) aged 20 to 27 who lost their lives when their ship,, was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942.

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USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)

USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), an Aegis guided missile destroyer, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the five Sullivan brothers – George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan, aged 20 to 27 – who lost their lives when their ship,, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (the first ship named for them was). This was the greatest military loss by any one American family during World War II.

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Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States.

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WAVES

The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, was the World War II women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yokosuka, Kanagawa

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Redirects here:

Albert Sullivan, Alleta Sullivan, Francis Henry Sullivan, Joseph Eugene Sullivan, Madison Sullivan, Mrs. Sullivan, Sullivan Brothers.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_brothers

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