In Harm’s Way (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Doug Stanton
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1945
- Setting: The South Pacific
- Principal Characters: Captain Charles Butler McVay III, Dr. Lewis Haynes, Private Giles McCoy
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Twentieth century, 1940’s, Shipwrecks, Armed forces, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Animals, dangerous, Fishes, Ocean, Survival, Marine animals
- Locales: South Pacific
For many younger Americans, the story of the USS Indianapolis is a gruesome sidebar in the film Jaws (1975), related by a grizzled sea captain to his fellow shark hunters to describe for them the horrors of a shark attack. For older Americans, those whose memories include the waning days of World War II, the sinking of the Indianapolis and the loss of over nine hundred men serves as a cautionary tale and an indictment of the Navy’s standard operating procedures in the Pacific. In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS “Indianapolis” and the Extraordinary...
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