European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 1 the stars and stripes Page 3 members of the 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital get the Call left to Board their plane tuesday at Rhein main a Germany for the journey to Zagreb Croatia. Before they boarded however some soldiers whiled away the time by Reading the Day s stars and  clock kept ticking. Then on to Zagreb a amps Story and photos by Dave Casey Rhein main a Germany a two hours. To a child awaiting the Bell to signal the end of school two hours can seem to drag on Well forever. But to the soldiers of the 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital and a Canadian contingent deploying to Zagreb Croatia the two hours they spent tuesday waiting to Board their chartered dc-10 at Rhein main a seemed to pass quickly enough. A Chance to snooze one last look at the Days newspaper chatting with friends or just thinking about loved ones left behind a those All seemed to be popular ways to pass the time before the soldiers headed out to Aid . Peacekeepers Croatia. The troops Are to give medical Aid to peacekeeping forces there. Then there was Static on the intercom. Finally someone announced it was time to Board. The room seemed to awaken and everyone headed for the Check in counter. Soldiers gave their name to an official checking the flight Manifest. A final look Back and then footsteps began echoing Down the Walkway toward the plane. Sgt Edward e. Smith a Hospital food services specialist appears deep in thought As he Waits to embark on the Zagreb  Sank but Saga of 5 Brothers endures by Greg Smith the associated press Waterloo Iowa a the five Sullivan Brothers weren to supposed to serve on the same ship a the Navy had rules against such things. But their anger Over a Friend who died at Pearl Harbor and their ability to argue their Way past regulations put them All on Board the Juneau on Friday the 13th, 50 years ago this month a the Day a japanese torpedo attack Sank their ship the 500 sailors who died included Joseph Francis Albert Madison and George Sullivan of Waterloo. A i can remember it like it was yesterday a said Frank Holmgren of Eatontown n.j., a survivor of the attack Quot the ship it blew up in my face. I remember seeing the Fantail up in the air. The next thin i know i hear the Roar of water and 1 remember hovering a in a going to die done to die a a Only four of the men who survived the november 1942 sinking Are still alive. The Juneau an anti aircraft Cruiser had been struck by a torpedo during the initial Battle of Guadalcanal. Just nine hours later As it limped Back for repairs to the naval base in the new hebrides islands it was hit by another torpedo. Quot we did no to last on the surface of the water any More than a Rock would a said Arthur Friend 70, of Stotts City to Quot it went Down fast i rolled Over the Side and by the time i came to the surface of the water there Wasny to anything  the deaths of the Sullivan Brothers shocked the nation. At the time the Navy said the loss Quot ranks As the greatest single blow suffered by one family since Pearl Harbor and probably in american naval  Alleta and Thomas Sullivan the boys parents were flooded with Calls and cards of sympathy including letters from president Franklin d. Roosevelt. And in 1944, Hollywood came out with the movie the sullivans. It was quickly renamed the fighting sullivans in 1943, the Navy christened a new destroyer t he sullivans. The first destroyer to be named for More than one person went on to earn ii Battle stars in world War ii and the korean War before being decommissioned in 1965. A new warship bearing the Sullivan name is to be built by 1995, Many people wondered Why the Brothers were All on the same ship. Quot this was a strange thing a said retired rear adm. James p. Ramage a Waterloo native. Quot the Navy did have a policy to prevent that sort of thing. But these Irish kids they apparently were pretty Good argues and somehow they were Able to prevail upon the Navy and the recruiters in spite of the Poncy a on Friday and saturday Waterloo will play Host to the five Sullivan Brothers 50th commemorative event. There will be a Parade a banquet and a memorial service with the four survivors of the sinking the featured guests