The fighting Sullivans : how Hollywood and the military make heroes /

The fighting Sullivans : how Hollywood and the military make heroes /

"The five Sullivan brothers, at their insistence, were assigned to the same ship in World War II. Predictably when the ship was blown up they all were killed. The Navy buried their mistake in allowing all five to serve on the same ship by turning the five brothers into heroes, complete with a s...

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Main Author: Kuklick, Bruce, 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Subjects:
Sullivan family.
Juneau (Anti-aircraft cruiser)
Fighting Sullivans (Motion picture)
Brothers > United States > Biography.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Shipwrecks > Oceania.
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations.
Waterloo (Iowa) > Biography.

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