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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY REDFERN and HARPER
1 3 A Resolution designating the Grout Museum of History
1 4 and Science as the official repository of artifacts
1 5 related to the Sullivan Brothers.
1 6 WHEREAS, George Thomas, Francis Henry, Joseph
1 7 Eugene, Madison Abel, and Albert Leo Sullivan,
1 8 formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, joined the United States
1 9 Navy January 3, 1942; and
1 10 WHEREAS, the five brothers were permitted by the
1 11 Navy to serve together on the light cruiser USS
1 12 Juneau; and
1 13 WHEREAS, all five brothers, along with over 700
1 14 other men, were lost at sea during the Battle of
1 15 Guadalcanal, when the USS Juneau was struck by an
1 16 enemy torpedo on November 13, 1942; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the loss of these five brothers was the
1 18 largest loss suffered by one family in a single
1 19 engagement during World War II; and
1 20 WHEREAS, Thomas and Alleta Able Sullivan and their
1 21 daughter Genevieve Sullivan Davidson set aside their
1 22 private grief and devoted over a year of patriotic
1 23 duty to the recruiting efforts of the United States
1 24 Navy; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the United States Navy has named two ships
1 26 in honor of the Sullivan brothers; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the Grout Museum of History and Science is
1 28 in possession of tangible artifacts and archival
1 29 material belonging to and related to the Sullivan
1 30 brothers; and
2 1 WHEREAS, the Fighting Sullivans from Waterloo,
2 2 Iowa, are known throughout the world, and exemplify
2 3 the ideals of self-sacrifice and patriotism; NOW
2 4 THEREFORE,
2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Grout Museum
2 6 of History and Science of Waterloo, Iowa, is
2 7 recognized as the official repository of all tangible
2 8 artifacts and archival material relating to the
2 9 Sullivan brothers.
2 10 LSB 2087SS 79
2 11 vl/cf/24
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