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, Sara Vladic, John Bedford Lloyd
A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.
"ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"OUTSTANDING...A MUST-READ." —Booklist (starred review) "GRIPPING." —Publishers Weekly
Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea when she is struck by two Japanese torpedoes. The ship is instantly transformed into a fiery cauldron and sinks within minutes. Some 300 men go down with the ship. Nearly 900 make it into the water alive. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, the men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316...
"ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea when she is struck by two Japanese torpedoes. The ship is instantly transformed into a fiery cauldron and sinks within minutes. Some 300 men go down with the ship. Nearly 900 make it into the water alive. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, the men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316...
出版社:
Simon & Schuster
语言:
english
页:
606
ISBN 10:
1501135961
ISBN 13:
9781501135965
文件:
EPUB, 79.80 MB
IPFS:
,
english0
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