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Old 09-01-2007, 02:14 PM
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It dates back to 1948. It is a direct result of the death of the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, Iowa, who were all killed when their ship sank during WWII.

This is so true. That is why members of the same family will not be sent with the same unit to a war field at the same time. I guess in this case it did not work.

To me, if a family loses a member then the rest should be exempt unless they wish to join on their own.
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