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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:39 AM Original message |
Allow me a few words about the Crew of the USS Indianapolis |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. I watched the shark week story on that last night on the Discovery Channel. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A very good book about the ordeal |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Great book. As horrific as the shark attacks |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. you know, the survivors (2 were close friends of my FIL) only started |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Thanks. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Mine does so I'm putting on hold. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Rest in peace |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you for this thread. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Your guess about the rescue mission is apparently correct.... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Per the Kurzman Book, A Fatal Voyage |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Since the Indianapolis could have been redirected at any time after dropping off the bomb |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rest In Peace Sailors |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hey Boss CA-35 |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Many people didn't know about the Indianapolis until "Jaws" |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. tragedy |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. The most thorough, factual account of this tragendy is by Samual Elliott Morrison ..... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Several Years Ago |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. Those sailors got screwed over by the Navy |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. There was a notion in July 1945 |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. From reading "In Harm's Way" |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. No notion of any submarines? Bullshit |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My post |
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Misskittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. There's a good movie (maybe a made-for-TV one) from some years |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Remember Jaws..... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, Robert Shaw was quite the stem winder |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. When I was a teen in NYC, I knew one of the survivors, he ran a ... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. We lose some incredible stories |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Excellent.....my dad, stepdad and uncles didn't talk about it much... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. you're lucky to get that info |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes I was |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Last night--actually about 1-3 a.m.--Discovery Channel ran a documentary |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. thse kapok-stuffed life jackets were also pretty sucky. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. i watched the show |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Kickin' it for the Indianapolis! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've read a very detailed and well-researched version of that story |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. and just like today... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Sorta. See my post 33 up top. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. screwed over |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Thank you for this very IMPORTANT story and reminder |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. Such an unimaginable horror. |
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