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Microsoft founder discovers wreckage of US military ship sunk in WWII killing 687 [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 20, 2018 | Sara Malm

Posted on 03/20/2018 7:12:10 AM PDT by C19fan

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has announced that the wreckage of a military ship on which five brothers died in World War II has been discovered in the South Pacific.

The sunken USS Juneau was found on Saturday, off the coast of the Solomon Islands, by an expedition led by Allen.

The ship was hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942, killing 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; navy; war; wrecks
Juneau was sunk during the 1st Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in Nov 1942. As the article this is ship the 5 Sullivan brothers served on board.
1 posted on 03/20/2018 7:12:11 AM PDT by C19fan
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Juneau was a light cruiser of the Atlanta class. They were armed with only 5 in dual purpose guns to serve in the antiaircraft role.


2 posted on 03/20/2018 7:13:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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killing 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers
How the gubmint could allow relatives to serve together in combat, especially 5 brothers, is just stupefying.
3 posted on 03/20/2018 7:23:41 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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The gov’t didn’t but the brothers appealed and the War Dept approved a waiver with horrible consequences not before the gov’t got some propaganda value out of them serving together.


4 posted on 03/20/2018 7:25:45 AM PDT by C19fan
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The next FReepathon starts in about two weeks.

We need to finish this one first.

Come on FReepers, let’s do this!


5 posted on 03/20/2018 7:28:11 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA/KAG!!!)
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Paul Allen is spending his money to do some really interesting stuff.


6 posted on 03/20/2018 7:29:11 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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Didn't the US Navy name a ship after the Sullivans?
7 posted on 03/20/2018 7:59:30 AM PDT by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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They ended that right after they all were killed.


8 posted on 03/20/2018 8:06:02 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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That was the premise of “Saving Private Ryan”, since all of his brothers were killed, that’s why they went to “save” him.


9 posted on 03/20/2018 8:09:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 4yearlurker

The elementary/middle school at Yokosuka Naval Shipyard in Japan is named for the Sullivans. I attended there.


10 posted on 03/20/2018 8:15:01 AM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ..6)
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Yes, USS The Sullivans and it's located in The Buffalo (NY) and Erie County Naval & Military Park
11 posted on 03/20/2018 8:16:03 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Isn’t there also something about an only son not having to be drafted during a war?


12 posted on 03/20/2018 8:19:36 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: bigbob
Paul Allen is spending his money to do some really interesting stuff.

Should you ever be in the Seattle area, I HIGHLY recommend his Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett WA.

It is a collection of fully restored and functional WW2 aircraft that all sides flew. Yup, I said functional. They all fly regularly, flew in WW2 combat and are restored to end of assembly line condition.

He is now adding combat served armor (tanks and other heavies). The docents and restoring craftsmen are largely retired Boeing workers

13 posted on 03/20/2018 9:05:07 AM PDT by llevrok (DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
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To: bigbob
Paul Allen is spending his money to do some really interesting stuff.

And Bill Gates and his spouse are spending their money on abortion, birth control and questionable "vaccination" programs.

14 posted on 03/20/2018 9:12:29 AM PDT by montag813
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She got caught in the bar room brawl of Guadalcanal in November of 1942 and heavily damaged and was retiring when a sub got her. If I remember right she had already taken one torpedo in the battle and was retiring on one screw.


15 posted on 03/20/2018 11:21:43 AM PDT by sarge83
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