In Harm's Way The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
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"On July 16, 1945, the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with a top-secret cargo: the components of the atomic bomb that would be dropped on and destroy Hiroshima. Ten days later it delivered that cargo to Tinian Island, near Guam. Four days after that, it was hit by Japanese torpedoes and sank. Three-quarters of its crew died; the 317 survivors had spent four days adrift in the Pacific Ocean. But the saga and the tragedy of the Indianapolis didn't end with their rescue. In some ways it was only just beginning ..."--Jacket.
Listed under Indianapolis (Cruiser) · Naval Military operations · American · World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
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"On July 16, 1945, the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with a top-secret cargo: the components of the atomic bomb that would be dropped on and destroy Hiroshima. Ten days later it delivered that cargo to Tinian Island, near Guam. Four days after that, it was hit by Japanese torpedoes and sank.
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In Harm's Way The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors was written by Doug Stanton.
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