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In a scene from a newsreel, Alleta Sullivan stands with daughter Gen and husband Tom before christening a destroyer, USS The Sullivans, in April 1943. (Frame Pool Inc)
In a scene from a newsreel, Alleta Sullivan stands with daughter Gen and husband Tom before christening a destroyer, USS The Sullivans, in April 1943. (Frame Pool Inc)