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From: pstinson@pbs.org
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: married astronauts to fly together?
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.120000.11619@pbs.org>
Date: 6 Feb 91 16:59:59 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.115208.11590@pbs.org> <877@idacrd.UUCP>
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In article <877@idacrd.UUCP>, mac@idacrd.UUCP (Robert McGwier) writes:
> From article <1991Feb4.115208.11590@pbs.org>, by pstinson@pbs.org:

>>
>>                                                    Ever since the five
>> Sullivan brothers went down with the same ship in World War II, the Navy has
>> been extremely reluctant to assign brothers to the same vessel. 
>
> This is false.  There are several cases of two parents who were in the
> active service, active reserves, and now inactive reserves being shipped
> to the Saudi theatre.  I watched a fairly interesting example on `Larry
> King Live' on CNN last week.
> 
To the Saudi THEATRE perhaps, but NOT aboard the SAME vessel, aircraft or APC.
There is a world of difference between serving in the same theatre and serving
aboard the same ship.  It is serving aboard the same ship that we are talking
about and Larry King wasn't being THAT particular.