All Five… The Fighting Sullivans and The Tragedy That Shocked America
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- For many families during war, the loss of a, father, son or relative is heartbreaking.
But, for one family in America it was particularly devastating, as they lost not one, not two, but 5 sons, in one devastating attack aboard a US Ship, that shocked America and heavily influenced US policy regarding the assignment of Family members during the remainder of the war, and so for todays video, I shall be talking about the Sullivan brothers.
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Such a tragic story. As a parent myself I couldn't handle losing one let alone 5. My father was in the Pacific Theater. He was on an LST that sank due to a explosion of the crews own making. Thanks for sharing.
I can’t imagine the mothers pain 💔
Oh for sure Mike I can’t even imagine the pain.
That is interesting, who did he serve with?
@@afewminutesofhistoryhe was Navy corpsman that served at guadalcanal. There he was shot twice by snipers. Later on he was in the Solomon islands. August 18th 1943 LST 396 the ship he was on had an accidental fire and explosion. That's about all I know no of where he served. We recently just started to look up his military service history. There is not a lot there. He did receive a letter from a father of a Marine that he helped save. Thank you for asking.
@@mikehall5815 thanks for sharing that Mike.
I’d love to have a chat with you, drop me an email - afewminutespod@outlook.com
@@afewminutesofhistory I will soon. Thank you.
Those sailors did so much for the Corp during the island hopping campaign, we joke and jest with navy, but those guys are tough. I hated being on a ship never mind doing it for months at a time
That was talked about a long time. As a kid in the early 1970s my father told me about the 5 Sullivan brothers when he was explaining what a gold star in a window meant.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 what does it mean?
@@CouldYa
A silver star in a window meant you had a son at war; gold star meant your son was KIA.
A tragedy
The scary difference between the pacific and Atlantic was the shark factor
Those sailors not only had the Japanese but the sharks to worry about
Definitely! The sharks certainly added a scary dimension
US ships had too thin armour, many captains hated their ships because of thos
They did, but the Junea was designed to tackle anti air and was sufficiently gunned for such use
In my research I came across a piece that said the Captain of the Junea had expressed concerns regarding the armour on the ship.
JUNEAU was sunk by torpedos, so the thickness of its armour belt was irrelevant. She was a Light Cruiser, a type of ship required to be FAST, therefore armour was a secondary consideration. Light cruisers were effectively meant to be able to dish it out, but not take it. HMAS SYDNEY, the famous Australian light cruiser ( Modified Leander Class) had very similar armour to the JUNEAU and her sisters... a belt of up to 3.75" Very common in ships of that type in WW2...and many had even less... particularly some Italian Light cruisers... which traded armour for very high speed. The Bartolomeo Colleoni (which SYDNEY sank at the Battle of Cape Spada) could manage 36.5 knots... but her belt was only 1" thick...
The tragedy that helped inspire saving private Ryan
It’s mentioned in the movie at the beginning when the generals are discussing the Ryan family
So I’ve read!
Great. It's always good to learn history from movies especially with tom haCks.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 It helped inspire the film saving private Ryan
@@CouldYa
Yes, you stated that.