<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Grauman’s Chinese Theater premiere of “The (Fighting) Sullivans” (1944) </title> <atom:link href="https://martinturnbull.com/2017/01/27/graumans-chinese-theater-premiere-of-the-fighting-sullivans-1944/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2017/01/27/graumans-chinese-theater-premiere-of-the-fighting-sullivans-1944/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graumans-chinese-theater-premiere-of-the-fighting-sullivans-1944</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:02:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Gail Lofdahl </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2017/01/27/graumans-chinese-theater-premiere-of-the-fighting-sullivans-1944/#comment-391432</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gail Lofdahl]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:28:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=11991#comment-391432</guid> <description><![CDATA[The navy changed its policy of allowing brothers (no sisters--unless they were nurses--back in those days) to be assigned to the same ship after this incident. (They all were assigned to the USS Juneau, sunk by a Japanese submarine on 13 November 1942). The USS The Sullivans (DD-537), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was commissioned in 1943 and named in their honor--the only navy vessel to be named for more than one person. It was decommissioned in 1965 and is now located at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York, where it is open for tours.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The navy changed its policy of allowing brothers (no sisters–unless they were nurses–back in those days) to be assigned to the same ship after this incident. (They all were assigned to the USS Juneau, sunk by a Japanese submarine on 13 November 1942).</p> <p>The USS The Sullivans (DD-537), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was commissioned in 1943 and named in their honor–the only navy vessel to be named for more than one person. It was decommissioned in 1965 and is now located at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York, where it is open for tours.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>