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  1. 04-05-2018 19:58 #1

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    The undersea wreckage of the U.S.S. Juneau, sunk near the Solomon Islands in World War II, has been found and photographed. It was on this ship that the five Sullivan brothers were killed. Please see the story below:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.a720a57885b3
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    Such a sad story.
    I remember seeing the film all those years ago
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    This past weekend I attended an exhibit of WW2 poster art -- one of the posters had a photo of the five Sullivan brothers lost on the USS Juneau:
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