In 1943, Twentieth Century Fox released a movie that told the story of one of the earlies heroes of the war, The Sullivans. These five Iowa brothers enlisted in the U.S. Navy just three weeks after the Pearl Harbor attack:
“Everyone who has read the newspapers knows what happened to them. They insisted on being assigned to the same ship. During a bloody battle in the South Pacific, the ship was sunk – and the boys died as they had lived, together. The scene where the rest of the family is told of the tragedy will wring your heart.”
