Lost Survivor of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Found
Proceedings Magazine - September 2017 Vol.
The exact number of men who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) has been for decades a small controversy—small, that is, unless you were the forgotten man.
In 1945, the Navy concluded 316 men survived the Indianapolis ’s final voyage. The survivors themselves, however, were adamant that 317 sailors, Marines, and officers lived. They told me so again and again, as I spoke with more than a hundred of them over 11 years in interviews that eventually would become the documentary USS Indianapolis: The Legacy.
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