Post by Administrator on Nov 13, 2021 20:24:40 GMT
On This Day: IN 1942 – FIVE SULLIVAN BROTHERS FROM IOWA DIE WHEN THEIR SHIP THE LIGHT CRUISER SS JUNEAU IS TORPEDOED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE.
The Sullivan brothers were raised in an Irish-Catholic family, the brothers great-grandfather had emigrated from Ireland.
Early on the morning of 13 November, during the naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the SS Juneau was torpedoed and badly damaged. Late that morning, while south of San Cristobal Island withdrawing with other survivors of the 13 November action, Juneau was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-26, exploded and sank very rapidly. Only ten crew members survived to be rescued several days later.
The five brothers, George Thomas, Francis Henry, Joseph Eugene, Madison Abel, and Albert Leo had expressed a desire to serve on the same ship.
Stair na hÉireann / History of Ireland
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The Sullivan brothers were raised in an Irish-Catholic family, the brothers great-grandfather had emigrated from Ireland.
Early on the morning of 13 November, during the naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the SS Juneau was torpedoed and badly damaged. Late that morning, while south of San Cristobal Island withdrawing with other survivors of the 13 November action, Juneau was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-26, exploded and sank very rapidly. Only ten crew members survived to be rescued several days later.
The five brothers, George Thomas, Francis Henry, Joseph Eugene, Madison Abel, and Albert Leo had expressed a desire to serve on the same ship.
Stair na hÉireann / History of Ireland
LINK