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80-G-44491: Purple Hearts are presented, posthumously, to the Sullivan Brothers' parents

80-G-44491: Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, USN, Chief of Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, praised the fortitude of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan for keeping their chins up in the loss of their five sons, as he presented five posthumously-awarded Purple Hearts Medals at a ceremony in Washington. Their five Navy sons went down with USS Juneau (CL 52). Rear Admiral Woodward commended the parents for inspiration to workers resulting from their visit to more than 200 manufacturing plants and shipyards, 24 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/06/05).
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Caption: Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, USN, Chief of Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, praised the fortitude of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan for keeping their chins up in the loss of their five sons, as he presented five posthumously-awarded Purple Hearts Medals at a ceremony in Washington. Their five Navy sons went down with USS Juneau (CL-52). Rear Admiral Woodward commended the parents for inspiration to workers resulting from their visit to more than 200 manufacturing plants and shipyards, 24 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/06/05).
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