In Harm's Way The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

Name: In Harm's Way The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
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ISBN: 9780312983376

ISBN-10: 0312983379

ISBN-13: 9780312983376

Edition: 2001

Authors: Doug Stanton

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"The worst part...wasn't the sharks, and it wasn't seeing your buddies die...It was when you realize...they've forgotten us. We can't last out here forever-- we're gonna die..."--Giles McCoy, private first-class, USMC, USS Indianapolis On the night of July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese sub, sending 900 men into the black, churning waters of the Pacific. What happened next was a nightmarish battle for survival. Injured, adrift, clinging to each other and their waterlogged life rafts, the men watched in horror as their crewmates fell victim to catastrophic injuries, exposure, hallucinations, and relentless shark attacks. Worst of all, their last…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 5/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

A former contributing editor at Esquire & Outside, Doug Stanton is now a contributing editor at Men's Journal. He received an MFA from The Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.