Who were the Fighting Sullivans?

Answer 1

Five brothers of the Sullivan family who all died in the same battle action. they were honored by the nomenclature of a USN destroyer- USS The Sullivans. Service policies were altered after this tragedy and (brother acts) were split up to different vessels or posts. The ship- modern one- USS The Sullivans- still survives in reserve status- and was the subject of a Revell Model kit- the only warship named after a collective family, so to speak. a movie was done on the tragic saga- The Fighting Sullivans.