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The story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, mentioned in the narrative, is an extraordinary and tragic one; at that stage of the war the US Navy's Pacific
by tragomaskhalos 12y ago
The story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, mentioned in the narrative, is an extraordinary and tragic one; at that stage of the war the US Navy's Pacific operation was so vast that the ship's disappearance essentially fell through the cracks of the bureaucracy and was not noticed for several critical days. "In Harm's Way" gives a compelling account of the sinking and the subsequent ordeal of the survivors.