the 5 Sullivans

[namvet]

all 5 died on the USS Juneau. which sank during the battle for Guadalcanal.

poster

http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/ww2/images/ww33.jpg

story: story (story)

and here (here)

wonder if saving PVT Ryan was based on this????

SULLIVAN, MADISON ABEL
S2C US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 11/08/1919
DATE OF DEATH: 11/13/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION MC SITE 31-M
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SULLIVAN, GEORGE THOMAS
GM2 US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/14/1914
DATE OF DEATH: 11/13/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION MC SITE 34-M
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SULLIVAN, FRANCIS HENRY
COXN US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/08/1916
DATE OF DEATH: 11/13/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION MC SITE 33-M
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SULLIVAN, JOSEPH EUGENE
S2C US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/28/1918
DATE OF DEATH: 11/13/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION MC SITE 32-M
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SULLIVAN, ALBERT LEO
S2C US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/08/1922
DATE OF DEATH: 11/13/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION MC SITE 30-M
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

[R Leonard]

Nope, the story is based on Sgt. Fritz Niland, a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, was successfully returned home from Normandy after the death of his two brothers in Normandy invasion and the MIA status assigned his third brother in Burma (subsequently returned alive).

http://sprfanfic.homestead.com/fritzniland.html


Rich

[snebold]

The Sullivans had requested to be in the same ship. After their demise, the USN adopted a policy of spreading family members

[overlord644]

There was a movie made about the Sullivan brothers,and its influence is apparent in the movie, i hear that there were a couple lines lifted right from SPR's predecessor