Episode 51: The Sullivan Brothers

SUBSCRIBE for weekly updates on World War II history! http://ow.ly/3ScF30c0yqr You can help us make more podcasts: http://ow.ly/ML8o30c0yGY Also available on iTunes: http://ow.ly/4g0030c0yMY On November 15, 1942, in a naval battle off the coast of the Solomon Islands, the USS Juneau was one of two cruisers attacked. On board Juneau were the Sullivan brothers, five brothers who joined the Navy to avenge the death of a childhood friend at Pearl Harbor. It was the first time since the Civil War that a single family suffered such a great loss. Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/