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Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man / Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic.

Vincent, Lynn, (author.). Vladic, Sara, (author.).

Summary:

Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501135941
  • ISBN: 1501135945
  • ISBN: 9781501135958
  • Physical Description: 578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: the ship -- Kamikaze -- Mission -- Deep -- Scandal -- An innocent man.
Subject: McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Indianapolis (Cruiser) > History.
United States. Navy > Search and rescue operations > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations > Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean.

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