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Vincent, Lynn.
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 and Sara Vladic.
True story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man.
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2018.
578 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man.
"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
An account of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II draws on original research and new reporting to trace the half-century battle to exonerate Captain Charles McVay after a wrongful court martial.
20180819.
McVay, Charles Butler,
III,
1898-1968
Trials, litigation, etc.
Indianapolis (Cruiser)
History.
United States
Navy
Search and rescue operations
Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945
Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945
Search and rescue operations
Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks
Pacific Ocean.
Vladic, Sara,.