SAGE BROTHERS NIOBRARA
Jun 2, 1969
On the night of June 2 1969 while on maneuvers in the south china sea off the coast of Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne was in a collision with the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans . The impact cut the Evans in Two, with the bow section sinking almost immediately . Seventy four American seamen were lost, including three brothers from Niobrara , Nebraska: Gary, Gregory , and Kelly Sage. The brothers 22,21,and 19..