Ok, I didn't make the mistake of trying to use Italics in the subject box. I found out earlier that THAT didn't work!
About 10 years ago, or so, I read a book about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the Pacific near the end of WWII. It was the ship that had taken some of the parts for the A-bomb to Tinien Island. It left Tinien and was on its way to Honolulu when it was torpedoed, with the largest loss of life of any ship disaster in US Naval history. 300 or so were killed when the ship was hit, the rest if the approximately 1100 killed were eaten by sharks in the water, or drank sea water and died.
After reading this shocking book, I began hearing about the USS Indianapolis on the news. There was a kid in Florida who began a campaign to get justice for the skipper, who was court-martialed and later committed suicide. His surviving men, about 300 of them, also fought to have him exonerated.
Now, after all that introduction, I'll get to the point. I saw a review in today's
Birmingham News about a new book,
In Harm's Way, which is also about the USS Indianopolis, and presumably picks up the story as it has developed since the first book. I don't know if it is by the same author, but I do want to be sure to read it.
It seemed to me to be a case of the Navy blundering, LOSING the ship, failing to come to the aid of the men for FIVE days, and then blaming the skipper because he didn't ZIGZAG!
ROLL TIDE FOREVER!
[This message has been edited by LTBF (edited April 23, 2001).]
About 10 years ago, or so, I read a book about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the Pacific near the end of WWII. It was the ship that had taken some of the parts for the A-bomb to Tinien Island. It left Tinien and was on its way to Honolulu when it was torpedoed, with the largest loss of life of any ship disaster in US Naval history. 300 or so were killed when the ship was hit, the rest if the approximately 1100 killed were eaten by sharks in the water, or drank sea water and died.
After reading this shocking book, I began hearing about the USS Indianapolis on the news. There was a kid in Florida who began a campaign to get justice for the skipper, who was court-martialed and later committed suicide. His surviving men, about 300 of them, also fought to have him exonerated.
Now, after all that introduction, I'll get to the point. I saw a review in today's
Birmingham News about a new book,
In Harm's Way, which is also about the USS Indianopolis, and presumably picks up the story as it has developed since the first book. I don't know if it is by the same author, but I do want to be sure to read it.
It seemed to me to be a case of the Navy blundering, LOSING the ship, failing to come to the aid of the men for FIVE days, and then blaming the skipper because he didn't ZIGZAG!
ROLL TIDE FOREVER!
[This message has been edited by LTBF (edited April 23, 2001).]
