For eight agonizing months, Alleta Sullivan clung to the slimmest of hopes that her five sons somehow survived the sinking of the USS Juneau in late 1942. When Navy Secretary Frank Knox officially ...

George, Frank, Joe, Matt, and Al Sullivan were assigned to the light cruiser the USS Juneau, which participated in naval engagements during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign beginning in August ...

The Sullivans weren’t the only set of brothers from Iowa who served their country during World War II. There were eight brothers and a father from Odebolt who enlisted in the Navy as well. “They could ...

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. Pp. 339. Illus., append., biblio., notes, index. $6.99. ISBN:0-671-74874-2 The sinking of the USS Juneau was one of the most tragic events in World War II, leading to one ...

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an official Navy ship ...

Named after the five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa who died together aboard USS Juneau CL-52 in November 1942, USS The Sullivans was the only ship in the Navy to be named after more than one person.

The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to approve a tidelands lease for a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau. It paves the way for the construction to move forward after a years-long process.

There were initial concerns over having so many family members on one ship, but the Navy still assigned the five brothers to the USS Juneau. The brothers — George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and ...