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During which World War II battle did the five Sullivan brothers lose their lives?
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The five Sullivan brothers lost their lives during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. This tragic event was the subject of the 1944 film The Fighting Sullivans, which was directed by the American filmmaker Lloyd Bacon.1