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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מחבר ראשי: Kuklick, Bruce, 1941- (Author)
פורמט: ספר
שפה:English
יצא לאור:Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
נושאים:
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.
תוכן הענינים:
  • 1. Growing Up Sullivan
  • 2. Depression Troubles
  • 3. In the Navy
  • 4. Guadalcanal
  • 5. National Heroes
  • 6. A New Mrs. Bixby
  • 7. The Navy Tour and After
  • 8. Hollywood in Waiting for the Sullivans
  • 9. The Film Is Born
  • 10. The Sullivans and The Fighting Sullivans
  • 11. The Sullivans and The Fighting Sullivans
  • 12. The Battles of Waterloo, 1944
  • 1964
  • 13. Town and Country.

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