A new book, “Indianapolis,” written by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic, and published by Simon & Schuster, contains new and detailed information about the World War II tragedy.
It came out just ahead of Monday’s 73rd anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. The ship was struck by a Japanese torpedo near the end of World War II.
Of the 1,196 sailors and Marines onboard, only 316 men were saved after they were spotted by an aviator on Aug. 2, 1945, in shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean. The death toll of 879 is considered the Navy’s worst disaster at sea.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
