On This Day In Alabama History: Crommelin Brothers Honored At USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200
May 23, 1970
The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile dedicated a memorial statue honoring the Crommelin brothers. The brothers — John, Henry, Richard, Charles and Quentin — are the only group of five siblings to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. The brothers all served in the Pacific Theater of World War II and fought in some of the most famous battles. In 1944, Time magazine featured the brothers in an article and dubbed them the “Indestructibles,” though Richard and Charles later died during the war. The brothers were inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor.
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