Bixby letter
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The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, Massachusetts, who was thought to have lost five sons
The Bixby letter in the Boston Evening Transcript
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States
William Schouler, Massachusetts Adjutant General
Bixby's 1862 affidavit attempting to secure a discharge for son Edward
Sullivan brothers
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The Sullivan brothers were five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa who served together on the light cruiser USS Juneau. They were all killed in action on November 13, 1942, when Juneau served in the Naval B
Bixby letter
…National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Discussions on the topic of siblings dying in war have frequently mentioned the letter; such as the Sullivan brothers, the Niland brothers, the Borgstrom brothers, and the Sole Survivor Policy of the United States military. In the 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan…
The Sullivan brothers on board the cruiser USS Juneau at her commissioning: Joe, Frank, Al, Matt, and George (14 February 1942)
Wartime poster featuring the Sullivan brothers
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial listing the five Sullivan brothers
A memorial placed on the cruise ship docks of Juneau, Alaska, to the crew of USS Juneau, including the five Sullivan brothers