Wilton recalled the story of the five Sullivans in WW2: I opened the paper and saw the headline above a photo of five US Navy > sailors, the Sullivan brothers, recently lost at sea when their ship, the > USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine. I had heard about the > tragedy > on the radio and had heard adults talking about it. When I saw the > headline, "THEY DIED NOT IN VAIN," I got very excited and said to Daddy, > "Look, they didn't die! It says here, 'THEY DIED NOT'!" >
Wilton, A Fletcher class destroyer bore the name "The Sullivans" and if I recall correctly she was the first US Navy ship to be named for more than one person. This ship is part of the Buffalo Naval museum on Lake Erie; my mother in law spent quite a few nights aboard her as part of the Erie County Sea Cadets detachment. Make sure you go visit the ship if you're in the area! Tony Wirtel _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
