by Doug Stanton
POTRYKUS, Frank Paul, F2
POTTS, Dale Floyd, S2*
POWELL, Howard Wayne, F1
POWERS, R. C. Ottis, S2
POYNTER, Raymond Lee, S2
PRAAY, William Theo, S2
PRATHER, Clarence J., CMMA
PRATT, George Roy, F1 EM
PRICE, James Denny, S1*
PRIESTLE, Ralph A., S2
PRIOR, Walter Mathew, S2
PUCKETT, William C., S2
PUPUIS, John Andrew, S1 BKR
PURCEL, Franklin W., S2
PURSEL, Forest V., WT2
PYRON, Freddie H.,S1
QUEALY, William C., Jr., PR2*
RABB, John Robert, SC1
RAGSDALE, Jean Obert, S1
RAHN, Alvin Wilder, SK3
RAINES, Clifford Junior, S2
RAINS, Rufus Brady, S1
RAMIREZ, Ricardo, S1*
RAMSEYER, Raymond C.,
RANDOLPH, Cleo, STM1
RATHBONE, Wilson, S2 *
RATHMAN, Frank Junior, S1 FC
RAWDON, John Herbert, EM3*
REALING, Lyle Olan, FC2
REDMAYNE, Richard B., LT*
REED, Thomas William, EM3
REEMTS, Alvin T., S1
REESE, Jesse Edmund, S2
REEVES, Chester O. B., S1*
REEVES, Robert A., F2
REGALADO, Robert H., S1
REHNER, Herbert A., S1 SM*
REID, Curtis F., S2*
REID, James Edgar, BM2*
REID, John, LCDR*
REID, Tommy Lee, RDM3*
REILLY, James F., Y1
REINERT, Leroy, F1
REMONDET, Edward J., Jr., S2
REYNOLDS, Alford, GM2*
REYNOLDS, Andrew Eli, S1
REYNOLDS, Carleton C., F1
RHEA, Clifford, F2
RHODES, Vernon L., F1 WT
RHOTEN, Roy Edward, F2
RICE, Albert, STM1
RICH, Garland Lloyd, S1
RICHARDSON, John R., S2
RICHARDSON, Joseph G., S2
RIDER, Francis Alan, RDM3
RILEY, Junior Thomas, BM2
RINEAY, Francis Henry, Jr., S2*
ROBERTS, Benjamin E., WT 1
ROBERTS, Charles, S1
ROBERTS, Norman H., MM1*
ROBISON, Gerald E., RT3
ROBISON, John Davis, COX*
ROBISON, Marzie Joe, S2
ROCHE, Joseph M., LT
ROCKENBACH, Earl A., SC2
ROESBERRY, Jack R., S1
ROGELL, Henry Tony, F1
ROGERS, Ralph Guy, RDM3*
ROGERS, Ross, Jr., ENS*
ROLAND, Jack A., PHM1
ROLLINS, Willard E., RM3
ROMANI, Frank J., HA1
ROOF, Charles Walter, S2
ROSE, Berson Horace, GM2
ROSS, Glen Eugene, F2
ROTHMAN, Aaron, RDM3
ROWDEN, Joseph Geren, F1
ROZZANO, John, Jr., S2
RUDOMANSKI, Eugene W., RT2
RUE, William Goff, MM1
RUSSELL, Robert A., S2
RUSSELL, Virgil M., COX*
RUST, Edwin Leroy, S1
RUTHER FORD, Robert A., RM2
RYDZESKI, Frank W., F1 EM
SAATHOFF, Don W., S2*
SAENZ, Jose Antonio, SC3
SAIN, Albert F., S1
SALINAS, Alfredo A., S1
SAMANO, Nuraldo, S2
SAMPSON, Joseph R., S2
SAMS, Robert Carrol, STM2
SANCHEZ, Alejandro V., S2
SANCHEZ, Fernando S., SC3*
SAND, Cyrus Harvey, BM1
SANDERS, Everett R., MOMM1
SASSMAN, Gordon W., CO
SCANLAN, Osceola C., S2*
SCARBROUGH, Fred R., COX
SCHAAP, Marion John, Q-M1
SCHAEFER, Harry W., S2
SCHAFFER, Edward J., S1
SCHARTON, Elmer D., S1
SCHECHTERLE, H a rold J.,
RDM3*
SCHEIB, Albert Eddie, F2
SCHEWE, Alfred Paul, S1
SCHLATTER, Robert L., AOM3
SCHLOTTER, James R., RDM3
SCHMUECK, John Alton, CPHMP*
SCHNAPPAUF, Harold J., SK3
SCHOOLEY, Dillard A., COX1
SCHUMACHER, Arthur J. Jr.,
CEMA
SCOGGINS, Millard, SM2
SCOTT, Burl Down, STM2
SCOTT, Curtis Marvin, S1
SCOTT, Hilliard, STM1
SEABERT, Clarke W., S2*
SEBASTIAN, Clifford H., RM2
SEDIVI, Alfred J., PHOM2
SELBACH, Walter H., WT2
SELL, Ernest F., EM2
SELLERS, Leonard E., SF3
SELMAN, Amos, S2
SETCHFIELD, Arthur L., COX*
SEWELL, Loris Eldon, S2
SHAFFER, Robert P., GM3*
SHAND, Kenneth, W., WT2
SHARP, William H., S2*
SHAW, Calvin Patrick, GM2
SHEARER, Harold J., S2*
SHELTON, William E., Jr., SM2
SHIELDS, Cecil N., SM2
SHIPMAN, Robert Lee, GM3
SHOWN, Donald H., CFC*
SHOWS, Audie Boyd, COX*
SIKES, Theodore A., ENS
SILCOX, Burnice R., S1
SILVA, Phillip Gomes, S1
SIMCOX, Gordon W., EM3
SIMCOX, John Allen, F1 MM2
SIMPSON, William E., BM2*
SIMS, Clarence, CK2
SINCLAIR, James Ray, S2*
SINGERMAN, David, SM2
SIPES, John Leland, S1
SITER, Henry Joseph, S2*
SITZLAR, William C., F1
SLADZK, Wayne Lyn, BM1*
SLANKARD, Jack C., S1*
SMALLEY, Howard Earl, S1
SMELTZER, Charles H., S2*
SMERAGLIA, Michael, RM3
SMITH, Carl Murphy, SM2
SMITH, Charles Andy, S1
SMITH, Cozell Lee, Jr., COX*
SMITH, Edwin Lee, S2
SMITH, Eugene Gordon, BM2
SMITH Frederick C., F2*
SMITH, George Robert, S1
SMITH, Guy Nephi, FCO2
SMITH, Henry August, F1
SMITH, Henry Leroy, F2
SMITH, James Wesley, S2*
SMITH, Kenneth Dean, S2
SMITH, Oles Ellis, CM3
SNYDER, John N., SF2
SNYDER, Richard R., S1 SM
SOLOMON, William, Jr., S2
SORDIA, Ralph, S2
SOSPIZIO, Andre, EM3*
SPARKS, Charles Byrd, COX
SPEER, Lowell Elvis, RT3
SPENCER, Daniel F., S1*
SPENCER, James D., LT
SPENCER, Roger, S1 RM*
SPENCER, Sidney A., WO
SPINDLE, Orval Audry, S1
SPINELLI, John A., SC2*
SPOMER, Elmer John, SF2
ST. PIERRE, Leslie R., MM2
STADLER, Robert H., WT3
STAMM, Florida M., S2*
STANFORTH, David E., F2
STANKOWSKI, Archie J., S2
STANTURF, Frederick R., MM2
STEICERWALD, Fred, GM2
STEPHENS, Richard P., S2*
STEVENS, George G., WT2*
STEVENS, Wayne A., MM2
STEWART, Glenn W., CPCP*
STEWART, Thomas A., SK2
STICKLEY, Charles B., GM3
STIER, William G., S1 FCO
STIMSON, David, ENS
STONE, Dale Eugene, S2
STONE, Homer Benton, Y1
STOUT, Kenneth I., LCDR
STRAIN, Joseph Mason, S2 RDM
STREICH, Allen C., RM2
STRICKLAND, George T., S2
STRIETER, Robert C., S2
STRIPE, William S., S2
STROM, Donald Arthur, S2
STROMKO, Joseph A., F2 WT
STRYFFELER, Virgil L., F2
STUECKLE, Robert L., S2
STURTEVANT, Elwyn
L., RM2*
SUDANO, Angelo A., SSML3
SUHF, Jerome Richards, S2
SULLIVAN, James P., S2
SULLIVAN, William D., PTR2
SUTER, Frank Edward, S1*
SWANSON, Robert H., MM2
SWART, Robert L., LT (jg)
SWINDELI, Jerome H., P2
TAGGART, Thomas H., S1 RDM
TALLEY, Dewell E., RM2
TAWATER, Charles H., F1*
TEERLINK, David S., CWO
TELFORD, Amo J., RTS
TERRY, Robert Wayne, S1
THELEN, Richard P., S2*
THIELSCHER, Robert T., CRTP
THOMAS, Ivan Mervin, S1*
THOMPSON, David A., EM3*
THORPE, EverettN., WT3
THURKETTLE, William C., S2*
TIDWELL, James F., S2
TISTHAMMER, Bernard E., CGMA
TOCE, Nicole, S2
TODD, Harold Crison, GMS
TORRETTA, John Mario, F1*
TOSH, Bill Hugb, RDM3
TRIEMER, ErnstA., ENS
TROTTER, Arthur C., RM2
TRUDEAU, Edmond A., LT
TRUE, Roger O., S2
TRUITT, Robert E., RM2
TRYON, Frederick B., BUG2
TULL, James Albert, S1 GM
TURNER, Charles M., S2*
TURNER, William C., MM2
TURNER, William H., Jr., ACMMA
TWIBLE, Harlan M., ENS*
ULIBARRI, Antonio D., S2
ULLMANN, Paul L., LT (jg)
UMENHOFFER, Lyle E., S1*
UNDERWOOD, Carey L., S1
UNDERWOOD, Ralph E., SI
RDM*
VAN METER, Joseph W., WT3*
WAKEFIELD, James N., S1 QM
WALKER, A. W., STM1
WALKER, Jack Edwin, RM2
WALKER, Verner B., F2*
WALLACE, Earl John, RDM3
WALLACE, John, RDM3
WALTERS, Donald H., F1 EM
WARREN, William R., RT3
WATERS, Jack Lee, CYA
WATSON, Winston Harl, F2
WELLS, Charles O., S1 RDM*
WELLS, Gerald Lloyd, EM3
WENNERHOLM, Wayne L., COX
WENZEL, Ray G., RT3
WHALEN, Stuart D., GM2
WHALLON, Louis E., Jr., LT (jg)
WHITE, Earl Clarence, TC1
WHITE, Howard McKean, CWTP
WHITING, GeorgeA., F2*
WHITMAN, Robert T., LT
WILCOX, Lindsey Zeb, WT2*
WILEMAN, Roy Weldon, PHM3
WILLARD, Merrirnan D., PHM2
WILLIAMS, Billie Joe, MM2
WILLIAMS, Magellan, STM1
WILLIAMS, Robert L., WO
WILSON, Frank, F2
WILSON, Thomas B., S1
WISNIEWSKI, Stanley, F2*
WITTMER, Milton R., EM2
WITZIG, Robert M., FC3*
WOJCIECHOWSKI, Maryian J.,
GM2
WOLFE, Floyd Ralph, GM3
WOODS, Leonard T., CWO
WOOLSTON, John, ENS*
YEAPLE, Jack Thomas, Y3
ZINK, Charles W., EM3*
ZOBAL, Francis John, S2
THE MARINE DETACHMENT
BRINKER, David A., PFC USMC
BROWN, Orlo N., PFC USMC-O
BUSH, John Richard, PVT USMC
CROMLING, Charles J., Jr.,
PLTSGT USMC
DAVIS, William H., PFC USMC
DUPECK, Albert Jr., PFC USMC
GREENWALD, Jacob, 1ST SCT
USMC*
GRIMM, Loren E., PFC USMC
HANCOCK, Thomas A., PFC
USMC
HARRELL, Edgar A., CPL USMC*
HOLLAND, John F., Jr., PFC
USMC
HUBBARD, Gordon R., PFC
USMC
HUBBARD, Leland R., PFC USMC
HUGHES, Max M., PFC USMC*
JACOB, Melvin C., PFC USMC*
KENWORTHY, Glenn W, CPL
USMC
KIRCHNER, John H., PVT USMC
LARSEN, Harlan D., PFC USMC
LEES, Henry W., PFC USMC
MARTTILA, Howard W., PVT
USMC
MCCOY, Giles G., PFC USMC*
MESSENGER, Leonard J., PFC
USMC
MUNSON, Bryan C., PFC USMC
MURPHY, Charles T., PFC USMC
NEAL, William F., PFC USMC
PARKE, Edward L., CAPT USMC
REDD, Robert E, PVT USMC
REINOLD, George, H., PFC USMC
RICH, Raymond A., PFC USMC*
RIGGINS, Earl, PVT USMC*
ROSE, Francis Edmund, PFC
USMC
SPINO, Frank J., PFC USMC
SPOONER, Miles Lewis, PVT
USMC*
STAUFFER, Edward H., 1ST LT
USMC
STRAUGHN, Howard V., Jr., CPL
USMC
THOMSEN, Arthur A., PFC USMC
TRACY, Richard I., Jr., SCT USMC
UFFELMAN, Paul R., PFC USMC*
WYCH, Robert A., PFC USM
First say to yourself what you would be,
then do what you have to do.
—EPICTETUS
RAVE REVIEWS FOR In Harm’s Way
“In Harm’s Way is a stunning book. The story of the USS Indianapolis is one of the most harrowing tales of World War II—and Doug Stanton takes you through every terrifying moment in a vivid and utterly memorable account.”
—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
“The secret to any good history book is for readers to be taught a history lesson without knowing it. In Harm’s Way does just that.”
—Chicago Tribune
“[In Harm’s Way] describes in well-researched and sometimes poetic detail the story of the Indy—the mission, the torpedoes, the time the men spent floating in the ocean, the sharks, and, eventually, the less-than-honorable version of naval justice meted out to the ship’s captain.”
—The Orange County Register
“Ultimately, In Harm’s Way is a page-turner. The story is so compelling you feel guilty enjoying the book, because it’s hard to imagine suffering any worse than what the men of the Indianapolis endured.”
—Charleston Post and Courier
“In Harm’s Way, Doug Stanton’s carefully researched account of the sinking [of the USS Indianapolis], vividly re-creates this catastrophic chapter in military history. Weaving together accounts from official records and interviews with survivors, he has created a war story that is part Titanic, part Stephen King nightmare.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“In Harm’s Way is an important book. It provides a memorable and terrifying account of just one of the many instances of unimaginable suffering endured by our nation’s servicemen and women during World War II.”
—New Orleans Times-Picayune
“This is a stunning story of ironic symmetry, of tragedy and triumph … In Harm’s Way deftly depicts valor, grace, sheer luck and the determination to live—ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances.”
—Lincoln Journal Star
“In Harm’s Way is Doug Stanton’s moving and unforgettable story of what befell the crew on its last fateful voyage and a painful example of how a string of inconsequential errors can birth a first-rate tragedy.”
—Flint Journal
“Stanton reconstructs the tragedy with journalistic bravura, setting forth a vivid cast of characters and revealing the survivors’ mind-boggling will to live.”
—Men’s Journal
“[In Harm’s Way] is a serious history, exhaustively researched and rich in detail. Yet, this is no dry document. It is the crew’s story, as they might have told it themselves. Stanton’s prose unfolds like an adventure novel, creating moving individual tales of horror and heroism.”
—The Ledger, Lakeland, Florida
“Stanton’s In Harm’s Way is beautifully written. His sharp eye for detail makes the story
all the more heartbreaking.”
—Baltimore Sun
“Perhaps Stanton’s vivid account of the ordeal of the Indianapolis will compel the Navy to examine the matter again, since the book seems likely to find many readers and stir strong emotions.”
—The Washington Post
“His work is an engrossing read.”
—The Providence Journal
“Stanton writes a riveting account of the USS Indianapolis … and provides a harrowing story of what the survivors withstood.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“[A] heart-racing, exhaustively researched book.”
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“A chilling account of the crew’s struggle against shark attacks and the elements in one of World War II’s worst disasters.”
—Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Stanton has researched individual accounts of the ordeal and strung them together in a story that tugs at the heart.”
—Winston-Salem Journal
“A harrowing and fact-filled account of how war, nature and sheer blunder combined to send the crew of the ill-fated warship into a hellish nightmare.”
—Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer
“[A] riveting oral history.”
—Indianapolis Star
“The tragedy of the Indianapolis will stand as one of the most poignant stories to come out of the war. This account is certainly the most compelling.”
—January magazine
“Doug Stanton has written a deeply affecting, hugely powerful book about the men who survived that unimaginably horrible five days.”
—Statesman Journal
“[In Harm’s Way] fully deserves the acclaim it has received.”
—National Review
“This is one of the most incredible stories of World War Two … [In Harm’s Way] deserves a wide readership. Buy it, read it, and spread the word.”
—Lifestyle LaFayette
“Since its publication last month, In Harm’s Way has leapt onto bestseller lists and been embraced by readers whose knowledge of the Indy begins and ends with the moment in Jaws when a fictional captain remembers the shark attack his shipmates endured.”
—Daily Herald
“Other writers have told the Indianapolis tragedy, but it took Stanton to find the heart of the drama and to tell it with the power and straightforward respect it deserved.”