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HISTORY Navy USN USS Indianapolis NEW Sealed Audio Book

In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton CASSETTE Book on Tape

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Author: Doug StantonFormat: Cassette
Publisher: HarperaudioISBN-10: 0694524352
ISBN-13: 9780694524358Length: Abridged
Subject: HistoryLanguage: English
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This World War II account of survival at sea also raises questions of military justice. The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese after it had delivered a top secret cargo that was later revealed to be elements of one of the bombs dropped on Japan. The crew abandoned ship and endured a five-day ordeal in open sea before the survivors were rescued. The captain of the ship, Charles McVay, was court-martialed. Questions have been raised about the Navy's delay in the crew's rescue, and about whether the captain was a scapegoat. McVay later committed suicide, and many in his crew spent years trying to have his name cleared. He was exonerated in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act.

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July 30, 1945. After completing a top secret mission to the island of Tinian to deliver parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed on impact; close to 900 were cast into the sea. After five days, when the Navy accidentally realized the ship was missing, only 321 men were still alive, having battled hypothermia, sharks, and hallucinatory dementia. Four more would die in military hospitals shortly thereafter.

The highly unusual court-martial of the Indianapolis's captain, Charles Butler McVay, opened up the tragedy to scrutiny: How did the Navy fail to realize the ship was missing? Why was it traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And, perhaps most amazingly of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive?

In Harm's Way casts the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis not as a history of war, but as a portrait of men battling the sea. Interweaving the stories of three survivors--Captain McVay; the ship's doctor; and a young marine private--this astonishing human drama is brought to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless.



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Many survivors of the attack believe that McVay was innocent...and they have organized campaigns to have his record cleared. This has been supported by vote of Congress, but the Navy itself remains adamant. Perhaps Stanton's vivid account of the ordeal of the Indianapolis will compel the Navy to examine the matter again, since the book seems likely to find many readers and stir strong emotions...."
Washington Post Book World - Jonathan Yardley (04/08/2001)


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HISTORY Navy USN USS Indianapolis NEW Sealed Audio Book



In Harm's Way

The Sinking of the USS INDIANAPOLIS and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

by Doug Stanton

4 Cassettes ~ 6 Hours ~ Abridged
Read by Boyd Gaines

NEW - Mark Through UPC - Outer carton may have slight imperfection

". . . a stunning book."--TOM BROKAW

An adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster at sea.

July 30, 1945. After completing a top secret mission to the island of Tinian to deliver parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, the battlecruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed on impact; close to 900 were cast into the sea. After five days when the Navy accidentally realized the ship was missing, only 321 men were still alive, having battled hypothermia sharks, and hallucinatory dementia. Four more would die in military hospitals shortly thereafter.

The highly unusual court-martial of the Indianapolis's captain, Charles Butler McVay, opened up the tragedy to scrutiny: How did the Navy fail to realize the ship was missing? Why was it traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And, perhaps most amazingly of all, of did these 317 men manage to survive?

In Harm's Way casts the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis not as a history of war, but as a portrait of men battling the sea. Interweaving the stories of three survivors - Captain McVay; the ship's doctor; and a young marine private - this astonishing human drama is brought to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless.

Doug Stanton is a former contributing editor at Esquire and Outside, and is currently a contributing editor at Men's Journal. He lives in Michigan.
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