Saving private Three

[Safe-Keeper]

If I knew the cars would be aiming for me and I still decided to cross I accepted the risk.

Right. And of course crossing the road is not risky if the cars don't aim for you.

Losing a loved one is tragic, losing a family member is worse, and losing two long before they're meant to die must be fairly Hellish. No matter how much they 'knew the risks'.

The US War Department introduced the policy after five siblings, the Sullivan brothers, died when their light cruiser the USS Juneau was sunk in the Second World War.

Did the Navy also realize it might not be such a good idea to put all the siblings of a family on the same ship?