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1942 165438+1October165438+At 0 o'clock in the morning, in the battle of Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific battlefield, an American cruiser named Juno was in flames, torn in half by a torpedo launched by a Japanese submarine and sank into a bloody one. Among the water victims were five brothers from the same family, the famous "Sullivan Brothers". Five brothers died in the same battlefield, which is undoubtedly "the biggest trauma suffered by a family in the history of war." So why did the Sullivan brothers serve on the same ship?

Thomas Sullivan was the first Irish immigrant in America. He lives in Waterloo, Iowa with his wife Aletta Sullivan. They have five sons, namely Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison and George Sullivan. The war swept through every family like a flood, and the Thomas family could not avoid it. In the Pearl Harbor incident, a friend of the Sullivan brothers was killed. When they were sad and angry, the five brothers resolutely joined the navy.

After joining the army, the five brothers asked to serve on the same ship. At that time, the US Navy did not support their brothers to serve on the same ship in principle, but there were no relevant regulations explicitly prohibiting such service arrangements. At the strong demand of the five brothers and the complaint of the Admiralty, the Admiralty directly issued an order to make an exception and arrange for them to serve on a brand-new air defense cruiser Juno.

For a time, it became a beautiful talk of various media in the United States and a symbolic model for the American people to defend their homes against the enemy. The famous saying of Sullivan's five brothers, "We live and die with * * * *! We stick together! ) "has also become an iconic battle slogan.

1942165438+1October 13 night, in another battle between the United States and Japan around a desert island airport, at the beginning of the battle, the Juno was severely damaged by a torpedo fired by the Japanese "Tianjin Wind" and its hull was seriously tilted. In the hail of bullets wrapped in smoke and fire, the crew of Juno was killed.

At 1 1 in the morning, the Japanese submarine "I -26" fired three torpedoes at Juno, one of which hit, giving Juno a fatal blow and finally being buried in the sea. About 1 15 people escaped when the warship sank, but when the rescue boat arrived, there were only 14 survivors, and five Sullivan were not among them.

The American government highly affirmed and publicized the loyalty, trustworthiness and fearless spirit of self-sacrifice of the Sullivan brothers, and named a destroyer that had just served as "Sullivan Brothers", which is still inherited by American naval vessels. The Sullivan Brothers incident also gave birth to the "single survivor policy" in the United States. The legislation stipulates that every family member must be preserved regardless of conscription or combat behavior.