[spokeshave]

3. The Five Sullivan Brothers were from Waterloo, IA. Who were they? 10 pts.

The 5 brothers who received special presidential permission to serve in the same navy unit during WWII.

Heros all.

[nikos1121]

Correct. It's been fun doing these because I've learned a lot about Iowa. It's almost like little Greek city states between two rivers. You learn about people from this rural area. There's a movie about the Sullivans, but could never get the nerve to watch it.

[exit82]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_brothers

The five Sullivan brothers were killed in action during the sinking of the USS Juneau(CL-52) on Nov. 13, 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

A movie about their lives and deaths was made in 1944, The Fighting Sullivans. I must have watched that movie 100 times as a kid.

[LS]

Who all died aboard the same ship (now a destroyer is named the “The Sullivans”-—the “the” is in the name) and were the cause of the “Private Ryan Rule” where two siblings are not supposed to serve in the same theater of war.