Aug 03, 2005 - Sale 2048

Sale 2048 - Lot 3

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ANONYMOUS THE FIVE SULLIVAN BROTHERS / THEY DID THEIR PART.
271/2x211/2 inches. The U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.
A photomontage in black, white, red and blue of five brothers killed in action while serving on the same ship. Not only was the story of the Sullivan brothers the basis for the movie Saving Private Ryan, but as a result of their fate the Navy instituted a policy that brothers would never serve on the same ship.