In Honor of Nov. 11 - "The Fighting Sullivans" (1944 movie): I saw the movie when I was 7 years old in our local movie theater. It had a profound affect on me. Today, as I was viewing...

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I saw the movie when I was 7 years old in our local movie theater. It had a profound affect on me. Today, as I was viewing SteveR's post on his father and 3 brothers, my mind connected to my experience when I was 7. I searched and found the movie on YouTube. I thought I'd share it with my UHH subscribers/friends.

https://youtu.be/rrMGco9TySs

note: Via TV, I think I've watched the movie 4 or 5 times since 1944.
Mark

Wes Loc: Dallas

These Sullivans survived the wars. Paul (Army WWii) Leo (Navy WWII) Albert (Air Force WWII) Wes (Army Korea)

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

The four Sullivan brothers grew up in Waterloo Iowa.
At the start of WW2 they managed a way to all join the Navy together, train together and be on the same ship together.
They all died together when the USS Juneau was sunk in a night action in Iron bottom sound at Guadalcanal.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Mark, they just don't make movies like that anymore. It had the same impact on me, but I saw it on tv. While I was napping on Friday, I heard my wife watching Best Years of our Lives, another great movie about vets. Thanks for your remarks about my Dad and Uncles. There were some posts in the thread that reminded me of just how fortunate we were. Some had lost close relatives. Others spoke of the great service of their relatives. Trix outdid me. He had eight siblings from his family who all served and came back (not his siblings, but in his family). PTL!!

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

SteveR wrote:

Mark, they just don't make movies like that anymor... (show quote)

I saw "Best Years of Our Lives" in the movies and probably 3 or 4 more times on TV. An amazing story and movie.
Thanks for the comments.
Mark

kvanhook Loc: Oriental, NC

It was about 70 years ago, but I think I made a plastic model of a destroyer name the USS Sullivans.

Wes Loc: Dallas

markngolf wrote:

I saw the movie when I was 7 years old in our local movie theater. It had a profound affect on me. Today, as I was viewing SteveR's post on his father and 3 brothers, my mind connected to my experience when I was 7. I searched and found the movie on YouTube. I thought I'd share it with my UHH subscribers/friends.

https://youtu.be/rrMGco9TySs

note: Via TV, I think I've watched the movie 4 or 5 times since 1944.
Mark

Thanks for the link to that movie. We were four Sullivan warriors but we all survived. After the war I was fortunate to have a scholarship to one of the schools in your area ... Princeton University where I learned a lot that I taught my students. PTL

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

kvanhook wrote:

It was about 70 years ago, but I think I made a plastic model of a destroyer name the USS Sullivans.

I used to collect the lead miniature ships, planes, cannons and soldiers. Many came in cereal boxes. Whoa, I'm old!!
Mark

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Wes wrote:

These Sullivans survived the wars. Paul (Army WWii) Leo (Navy WWII) Albert (Air Force WWII) Wes (Army Korea)

Thanks to them all for their service, and PTL that they all came home. Over 70 years after the fact, families are STILL proud of their ancestors' service in times of war. These men served during times when freedom was on the line, especially for people around the world.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Wes wrote:

Thanks for the link to that movie. We were four Sullivan warriors but we all survived. After the war I was fortunate to have a scholarship to one of the schools in your area ... Princeton University where I learned a lot that I taught my students. PTL

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks,
Mark

Terkat

A very good morning Mark,

I can still recall seeing this great film sometime in the early to mid 1950's when I was around 6 years old and being unable to hold back the tears. I don't know whether I was simply / obviously immature or a little ahead of the maturation curve and understanding exactly what an absolute tragedy the deaths of the Sullivan's was.
I have probably seen the film a few times but have forgotten quite a bit of it.
Thanks for the download which is now in my library and will be revisited in a few minutes.

As always, all the best to you and yours,

Terry

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Terkat wrote:

A very good morning Mark, br br I can still ... (show quote)

Thanks, Terry.
Mark

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Terkat wrote:

A very good morning Mark, br br I can still ... (show quote)

Terkat, you've pointed something out that I've felt for a long time. Six year olds from our day were exposed to a lot of truth about life that today's kids are not. Pinocchio, for goodness sakes, was outright scary. Bambi was awful in the beginning. I don't know how we survived Old Yeller, and you had to be tough to watch Snow White, too!! Could youngsters from today have enjoyed Boris Karloff and The Mummy as we did? Our cartoons, which we found humorous, are now considered violent!! However, todays' kids are deluged with a whole lot of inappropriate things in school that we never would have even thought about for years and years. In many ways we were expected to mature emotionally at an early age yet were shielded from other things that we were not yet ready for.

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

markngolf wrote:

I saw the movie when I was 7 years old in our local movie theater. It had a profound affect on me. Today, as I was viewing SteveR's post on his father and 3 brothers, my mind connected to my experience when I was 7. I searched and found the movie on YouTube. I thought I'd share it with my UHH subscribers/friends.

https://youtu.be/rrMGco9TySs

note: Via TV, I think I've watched the movie 4 or 5 times since 1944.
Mark

Mark I thought I would just take a quick look at the beginning of the movie, but I got hooked right a way and watched the whole thing, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the message that it gave. I remember so many small things from my childhood that were in that movie. I think that if anyone let their kids run wild like in the movie, the parents would be charged with child neglect. My childhood was much like the Sullivans and I am greatfull for it. We don't let kids today be kids.Anyway thanks for the recommendation, I really liked it.

Terkat

Good afternoon "SteveR"

Thanks so much for the reply! Always appreciated. And I could not agree with you more.

All the best to you and yours,

Terry