One of the four Marines killed by a gunman in Chattanooga, Tenn., yesterday was Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan, USMC, a 1994 graduate of Cathedral High School.
GySgt Sullivan grew up in East Forest Park, went to Holy Cross School, and was the brother of Joseph Sullivan, an owner of Nathan Bill’s Bar & Restaurant. A two-tour veteran of Iraq, GySgt Sullivan had been awarded two Purple Hearts.
Below is a movie combining video shot at our reunion last October and still images from the photo book produced from the event. The video is from both the Saturday night event and Sunday morning brunch.
You may want to use the pause button occasionally if you want to look closely at a particular scene. I’ve put in freeze frames to assist, but it still can run by before you know it. You can also view it on YouTube.
(The “then and now” pictures of Josie are the default choice of YouTube, and I’m okay with that. Also, please let me know if I have missed or misidentified anyone. I did not identify spouses or guests, as I thought identifying classmates was complicated enough and so many names would clutter the video.)
A caveat: In a lesson I should have learned in high school and so many times since, I was punished for my lethargy in compiling this video. Whilst puttering about and procrastinating, I suffered a hard drive failure that eliminated the video’s raw material. Fortunately, I had sent out a preview to elicit identifications and feedback. I was able to bring that back into iMovie, but the process left me unable to edit the original “supers,” the text superimposed over the video.
You will see, therefore, that some of the identifications are rendered in a clunky manner. The most clunky is a cross-out with Xs of a misspelling of Susan Hartley’s married name. There are others, of less obvious nature. For those so inclined, I suggest finding the “corrections” serve as a drinking game.
Kudos and thanks to Courtney Phaneuf Eisenhaure and her husband, Brad, for the still images taken at the reunion and for the “then and now” comparisons with photos from our PantherPix.
