After training, the Sullivans were assigned to the newly christened light cruiser, USS Juneau. Tragedy struck and the five Sullivan brothers were all lost on the same day In November of 1942, the ...

The USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named in honor of five heroic brothers lost in World ...

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. Pp. 339. Illus., append., biblio., notes, index. $6.99. ISBN:0-671-74874-2 The sinking of the USS Juneau was one of the most tragic events in World War II, leading to one ...

George, Frank, Joe, Matt, and Al Sullivan were assigned to the light cruiser the USS Juneau, which participated in naval engagements during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign beginning in August ...

There were initial concerns over having so many family members on one ship, but the Navy still assigned the five brothers to the USS Juneau. The brothers — George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and ...

Among the most recent destinations to consider limiting that traffic is Juneau, Alaska, which has a population of 32,000 and received 1.65 million cruise ship visitors last year. Yesterday ...

The gamble mostly paid off with relatively good weather leading up to their stop in Juneau on Thursday aboard the final ship of the year here, even though it had to depart two hours early due to a ...

All five were killed when USS Juneau was sunk in November 1942 during the naval Battle of Guadalcanal. DDG-68 is actually the second vessel named to honor the Sullivan brothers, who had ...