 The five Sullivan brothers were young men who grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. They joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor. They joined the Navy together on the agreement by the Navy that they would be able to serve on the same ship. You know, I mean, their motto was that they stuck together. So looking at my dad and my uncles, I couldn't understand why they wanted to be together. Or any siblings would want to be together. They joined the U.S.S. of Juno, a light cruiser, on Valentine's Day, 1942. The way I understand it, they were in a group of ships off of Guadalcanal. And there was a Japanese submarine that fired a torpedo that was not actually meant for them. It was meant for the San Francisco, I think it was called. And it missed the San Francisco and hit the Juno, which is a light cruiser which they were aboard. And it hit right in the magazine where all the ammunition is, and the ship just exploded. And the only people that survived were the ones that happened to be on deck. The rest of them were just immediately gone. And they were lost at sea in November, November 13, 1942. To me, they were heroes, and I just felt like they did it, I wanted to do it. I can't tell you why, but I felt that it was my calling to go into the Navy. My dad and my uncles were in the Navy, so I felt that I should go too. Of course I wasn't a hero, but... As far as Iowa, they were five young blue-collar guys who were fairly well-known in the city. So Waterloo as a city took the loss very hard. I mean, everybody sort of knew one of the brothers, knew the folks. They lived in the north end of town by the railroad tracks, and so they were well-known and all of a sudden these men are gone. And it's not only my dad and my uncles. There were a lot of sailors in World War II that lost their life. Every one of them, you know, we should remember all of them. It just makes me feel good about the Navy, about the military, and everybody that serves. Well, here at the museum we use the five Sullivan's to represent the service and the sacrifice of all Iowa veterans from the Civil War to present. So in that sense, no other family has sacrificed as much, and we believe that's an important story to tell. I mean, that's 70 years ago that that happened. And for the young people who come through our building, that loss is history to them. But, you know, every year we send out young men and women to serve in Iraq, Afghanistan as well as other parts of the world that sacrifice in terms of being gone and that sacrifice in terms of losing family members is still there. And so it's a reminder that whether it's one individual or whether it's five individuals, you know, we are still putting people in harm's way. And one, we need to support them. And two, when they are lost, we need to recognize their service.