LETTERS: REMEMBERING HEROES

To the editor:

I read in the Mini-Page about the five Sullivan brothers. They were all in the Navy on the same ship as my great-uncle, Thomas Kane Jr. They came from my hometown, Kearny, N.J.

The Sullivan brothers wanted to be together during the war in 1942. Their ship was hit by a torpedo in the Pacific Ocean. The ship was on its way back to the United States. Only a few sailors lived, but my uncle and the five Sullivan brothers died.

My grandma told me the story a lot of times.

In Kearny, N.J., there is a museum with all kinds of stuff. There are a lot of things about the ship and the sailors from Kearny who were on the ship. There is a nice plaque in the park there to remember them.

The United States decided after the Sullivan brothers died that no brother should be allowed to be in a war at the same time or the same place. I think they were brave. They must have really liked each other. I think my uncle was brave too.

AARON KANE, Age 11

Marble Hill