by Lynn Vincent
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 234, 316–17, 322, 325, 380
Gilbert Islands, 74, 393
Gillette, Norman C., 115, 121, 123, 365, 429–30
enemy sub contact and, 129, 316, 324, 371–72
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316–17, 324
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253, 380
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 334, 371
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
Goff, Thomas, 437
Goodfriend, Corpsman, 281
Goodwin, E. S., 330, 333
Goudsmit, Samuel, 47, 50, 65
Graham, Jim, 248, 252
Granum, Alfred, 115
enemy sub contact and, 126, 129–30, 132, 136, 366
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253, 317
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 123, 126, 311–12
Gray, Willis L., 215
Green, Lieutenant, 253
Greene, USS, 132–33, 136, 305, 324
Greenlee, Janet, 447
Grosskopf, Homer, 344
Groves, Leslie:
atomic bomb assembly and, 71
atomic bomb deployment and, 219–20
atomic bomb transport mission and, 66–67, 72
Furman’s relationship with, 48–50
Nazi atomic bomb program and, 48–50
U.S. atomic bomb program and, 48–49, 65–66, 71, 201
Guadalcanal, 124, 336, 369
Guam, 14, 46, 54, 92, 98, 107–8, 112–21, 115, 134, 151, 301–7, 323, 379, 393
and deployment of atomic bomb, 304
enemy sub contact and, 125, 129, 133, 136, 366–67, 370
Gwinn’s Philippine Sea flyover and, 245
Hashimoto’s patrol and, 43–44
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 305, 316, 320–21, 324–25, 334–35, 367
Indianapolis’s departure from, 51–52
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 117–21, 123, 129, 142, 206, 247, 311–12, 321, 342–43, 346, 372
Indianapolis’s survivors at, 301–2, 306–7, 387
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 331–32, 334, 342–43, 348, 370, 372
Japanese capture of, 113
McVay’s court-martial and, 342, 346, 355, 367
and sinking of Indianapolis, 320
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 196
U.S. capture of, 113–16
Guye, Ralph, 283
abandoning Indianapolis and, 169, 172–73
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 149, 160
Gwinn, Wilbur “Chuck”:
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 245–50, 247, 286, 320, 387
Philippine Sea flyover of, 239–42, 244–45
Hahn, Otto, 49
Hallucinations, men in the water, 220–21, 223, 225–26, 230–33, 237–39, 241–42, 258-59
Halsey, William “Bull,” 19n, 40, 111
Harrell, David, 438
Harrell, Edgar, 145, 438
abandoning Indianapolis and, 170–71
atomic bomb transport mission and, 75–76, 192
discovering Indianapolis’s wreckage and, 446
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 385
Japanese air attacks and, 32–33
in the ocean, 171, 189–90, 198, 218–19, 221, 235–36, 263, 350
religious beliefs of, 171
rescues and, 249–50, 263–66
search for help of, 235–36
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 153
and welcome after rescue, 388
Harrell, Ola Mae, 145, 446
Albert T. Harris, USS, 305
enemy sub contact and, 125–26, 128–36, 311–12, 324, 344, 348–49, 351, 370–72
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132, 134
Harrison, Cecil, 330, 340, 357
Harrison, Quartermaster, 167
Hart, Fred, 138
abandoning Indianapolis and, 209
in the ocean, 209, 224
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 156–57, 165–66, 168
Hartman, Bill, 240, 245
Hashimoto, Mochitsura, 12
death of, 438–39
Indianapolis’s survivors and, 85, 188, 407, 438, 440
Indianapolis targeting and, 144–48
Iwo Jima and, 11–18, 41, 44
Japanese surrender and, 119, 319–20
kaiten and, 11, 16–18, 41–44, 59, 89, 92, 97–98, 122, 124, 144, 146, 161, 320, 364–65
letter to Warner from, 435–36
McVay’s court-martial and, 83, 289–93, 343, 359–69, 376, 378–79, 427, 431, 435
McVay’s exoneration and, 414, 424, 435–36, 438
Okinawa and, 41–42, 44–45, 59, 319
Pearl Harbor attack and, 16, 59
postwar activities of, 82
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91–92
protests against testimony of, 378–79
radar and, 60, 121, 143, 367–68
religious beliefs of, 122–23, 143
Scott’s research project and, 404
sinking Indianapolis and, 82, 85, 188, 204–5, 414
sub operations of, 11–18, 41–44, 58–60, 82, 85, 89, 91–92, 97–98, 119, 121–22, 124, 133–34, 137, 143–48, 150–52, 161, 188, 203, 319, 332–33, 343, 360–68, 366, 376, 379, 388, 398–99, 404, 414, 421, 424–25, 427, 431, 444–45
torpedoes of, 11, 14–18, 41–44
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 150–52, 161, 188, 203, 204–5, 247, 289–91, 293, 305, 332–33, 343, 360–66, 366, 368, 376, 379, 388, 398–99, 414, 421, 424–25, 427, 431, 444–45
Toti’s attempt to meet with, 82–83, 85
Havins, Otha Alton:
in the ocean, 214–15, 243, 281
rescues and, 267, 281
Hawaii, 54, 59, 84, 90, 102–3, 179, 290, 292, 406–7
Haynes, Lewis, 30–31, 35, 57, 127, 202–3, 316, 330, 345
abandoning Indianapolis and, 285, 354
atomic bomb transport mission and, 74, 95, 102–3
crew casualties and, 328
hospitalization of, 307
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132, 135
injuries of, 301, 353–54
McVay’s court-martial and, 353–55
in the ocean, 192–93, 198, 202, 209–10, 216–17, 220, 230–31, 237–38, 257, 301, 323, 355, 390
press interview of, 301–2
rescues and, 257, 282, 285, 354
sinking Indianapolis and 302
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 150, 353–54
and violence among survivors, 238
Heisenberg, Werner, 48, 50, 66
Helm, USS, 285
Hemenway, Margaret “Ducky,” 435
Henry, Earl O’Dell, Jr., 61, 108, 127, 243, 312, 446
Henry, Earl O’Dell, Sr., 52–54, 61–62
“American Eagle in the Pacific, An,” 53
atomic bomb transport mission and, 108
bird paintings and expertise of, 53–54
death of, 243, 312–14, 446
Indianapolis model of, 53, 57, 61, 126–27, 243
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 126–27
Moore’s relationship with, 52–53
Henry, Jane, 53, 61–62, 108, 127, 446
husband’s death and, 312–14
Hensley, Morgan, 255, 261–63, 266
Hetz, Russell, 429–30
Hershberger, Clarence:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 98–99
in the ocean, 269
rescues and, 258–59, 269, 280
return home of, 389
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 150
Hickman, Herb, 241–42, 244–45
Hidalgo, Edward, 338, 424
Hilbert, William E., 310–11
Hirao, 97, 364
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 6, 13, 44
Hashimoto’s Iwo Jima mission and, 16
Japanese surrender and, 118–19,
300, 308–9, 315–16, 318
kamikazes and, 23
Okinawa and, 41
Yamato’s defeat and, 46
Hiroshima, 80, 298–301, 304, 307, 309
Hitler, Adolf, 47, 52, 298
Hollandia, USS, 387
Homonhon Island, 117, 120
Honshu, 8, 20, 98
Hopkins, Joseph A., 134
Horner, Durward, 316, 357
Horowitz, R. S., 276–77
Horvath, George, 168, 175, 303, 392
Howison, Donald, 70, 369, 387–88
Hughes, Paul, 301–2
Hunt, Charles, 344
Hunt, Mrs. Jack, 378
Hunter’s Point, Calif., 68, 74, 76, 301
Hupka, Clarence, 197, 258, 282, 284
Hurst, Robert H., 147
Hutson, John D.:
McVay’s court-martial and, 425, 430–31
McVay’s exoneration and, 412–13, 425–26, 428, 430–31
Hyperion, USS, 331, 428
Idaho, USS, 190
Iida, Atsuko, 438, 440
Indianapolis, USS (cruiser):
abandoning of, 164, 166, 168–75, 189–90, 194–95, 197, 199, 208–9, 281, 285, 305, 340–41, 351, 354–56, 358, 369, 421, 435
air attacks and, 5–7, 18, 20–21, 26, 31–35, 37–39, 45–46, 51, 57, 76, 99, 111, 117, 148–49, 155, 197, 225, 380
armor of, x, 19, 63, 152
atomic bomb transport mission and, 2, 68–70, 72–76, 80, 90, 93–106, 108–13, 140, 142, 192, 194, 200, 219, 237, 293, 299, 301, 307–8, 324, 401, 431, 446
awards and honors of, 79–81, 84–85, 179–82, 292–93, 387, 439
building of, 1
bulkheads of, 33, 40, 73, 148, 153, 158, 160, 162, 167–68, 171, 173–75, 354
casualties of, 2, 34–38, 57, 99, 148–49, 152, 154–55, 160, 167, 171, 174–75, 185, 188–90, 194, 197–98, 202–3, 207, 210–12, 215–16, 218–19, 221–22, 224, 227, 229–31, 236–39, 241, 243, 250, 257–58, 265–66, 269, 273, 278, 284, 292, 305–7, 312–14, 323, 326–29, 334, 337–38, 341, 345, 354–55, 358–59, 378–81, 388–89, 391–92, 400–401, 404, 414, 421, 436, 438, 446
court of inquiry on, 304–5, 309–12, 316–17, 320–25, 334–35, 341, 367, 425
and crew missing in action, 305–6, 313–15, 327
damage control preparations of, 97
damages of, 33–37, 39–40, 51, 54, 73, 149–50, 152–53, 155–69, 173–75, 191, 301–2, 321–22, 355–56, 444–45
dancing on decks of, 1, 19
debris from, 188–89, 192, 236, 444
discovering underwater wreckage of, 443–48
distress signals sent by, 158, 165–68, 171, 173, 190, 208–9, 224, 280, 305, 321–22, 331, 340, 428–30
final sailing list of, 449–64
firefighting training and, 96–97, 104
Indianapolis, USS (cruiser) (cont.)
fires on, 79, 149–51, 157–59, 162, 164–65, 171, 174, 353, 445
as fleet flagship, 1, 19, 35, 39–41, 74, 95, 102, 104–5, 116, 123, 175, 340
guns and turrets of, x–xi, 1, 5–6, 8–9, 18, 21, 26, 29, 32–33, 46, 76, 100–101, 104–5, 120, 140, 145, 149–50, 152, 166, 172–73, 194, 211, 228, 356, 421–22, 445–48
injuries of crew of, 30–31, 34–35, 149, 153–54, 156–59, 162–64, 168, 174, 185, 187, 189, 193–96, 202, 206–8, 210–13, 223–25, 227, 229, 236, 243, 262–63, 266, 268, 273, 275, 278, 301–3, 306, 314, 353–54, 379
last known contact with, 247
last known position of, 165–68, 247
near capsize of, 93, 101
nonarrival of, 113, 234, 253, 297, 310, 316–17, 320–22, 324–25, 332–33, 338, 343, 380
physical appearance of, x–xi, 1, 19, 27, 40, 56, 62–63, 149–50, 152–53, 155–68, 174–75, 191, 197, 445, 447
refresher training of, 92, 112–13, 116–21, 123, 126–27, 129, 132–43, 145, 147, 203–6, 211, 247, 297, 310–12, 317, 320–22, 324–26, 330, 334, 342–43, 346–47, 349, 370–73
repairing of, 40–41, 46, 51, 54, 57, 63–64, 70, 73
rope yarn Sunday on, 132
scale models of, 53, 57, 61, 126–27, 243, 435, 438
sinking of, 2, 79–82, 85, 166, 170–75, 180, 187–88, 190, 196–97, 203, 204–5, 207, 212, 218, 220–21, 231, 243, 247, 255, 257, 261–62, 271, 286, 290–92, 299, 301–5, 307, 309, 320–21, 323–24, 326–27, 329–33, 335–36, 338, 341, 343, 355–56, 368, 379, 385, 389, 391, 393, 399, 401, 403–6, 408, 414, 420, 425–27, 430–31, 436, 443–46
speed of, 63, 93, 100, 102–3, 117, 120–21, 133–34, 141, 203–6, 247
supplementary investigation on, 290, 329–37, 340–44, 347–50, 365–67, 370–73, 414
through–deck of, 63, 96–97
torpedo strikes against, 2, 80, 148–68, 173–75, 188, 190–94, 196–97, 203–6, 204–5, 212, 228, 247, 271, 276, 282, 289–91, 293, 301, 305, 322, 324–26, 332–33, 340, 343, 351, 353–54, 360–66, 366, 368–69, 376, 379, 388, 398–99, 414, 421, 424–25, 427, 431, 444–45, 447
as Treaty Cruiser, 19, 63
war record of, 393, 418
watertight integrity of, 34, 40, 63, 96–97, 142, 340
Indianapolis, USS (cruiser), survivors of:
amending McVay’s service record and, 437, 439
discovering Indianapolis’s wreckage and, 445–47
Hashimoto and, 85, 407, 438, 440
hospitalization of, 301–3, 306–8, 387–88
McVay’s exoneration and, 293, 400, 402–6, 408, 410–12, 415–27, 431, 435, 437, 439
in the ocean, 170–75, 185–99, 201–3, 206–39, 241–44, 247, 248–50, 253–70, 272–86, 297, 301, 307, 310, 321, 323, 333, 338, 345, 350, 354–55, 379, 389–92, 401, 416, 421, 425, 430, 439, 447
rescuing of, 190, 245–86, 246–47, 284–85, 297, 303, 305–6, 310, 320, 323–25, 328, 333, 338, 343, 354, 387, 392, 408, 426, 428–29, 444
return home of, 389–91
reunions of, 292, 385–87, 389–93, 404, 435, 437–40
search for help of, 232, 235–36
shark threat to, 80, 201–2, 206–7, 209, 211, 213, 217, 223–24, 226, 228–30, 232, 241–42, 250, 257–58, 262, 267–68, 273, 389, 392, 404
suicides of, 400–401
Toti and, 84, 179–82, 289–90, 397–98, 437
violence of, 233, 238–39
welcoming of, 387–88
Indianapolis, USS (nuclear sub), 2, 79, 83–85, 409–10
deactivation of, 81, 83–84, 179–82, 289–90
Ishikawa, Lieutenant, 43–44
Iwo Jima, Battle of Iwo Jima, 13, 57, 91, 220
Hashimoto’s mission to, 11–18, 41, 44
Japanese administration of, 15
U.S. bombardment of, 6–7, 99–100
U.S. invasion of, 6–7, 26, 41–42, 99–100, 111, 134
U.S. ships anchored at, 11, 16
Jacob, Melvin, 75
Jacobson, Jacob, 114, 317, 428–30
James, Woodie, 405, 421
Janney, Johns Hopkins, 57–58
death of, 243, 305, 345
enemy sub contact and, 135, 138–39, 344–45, 355
Indianapolis’s last known position and, 166
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 117, 119–20, 135, 138–39, 141
McVay’s court-martial and, 344–45
Japanese, Japan, 2, 38, 52, 339
air attacks by, 5–7, 18, 20–22, 26, 31–35, 37–39, 45–46, 51, 57, 76, 99, 108, 111, 117, 148–49, 155, 197, 225, 378, 380, 388
all-out sub effort of, 133–34
atomic bomb deployment and, 220, 298–301, 304–5, 308
end of war with, 328, 338, 379
and fighting at Betio, 39
Guam captured by, 113
Gwinn’s Philippine Sea flyover and, 242
heavy cruiser race and, 19
Indianapolis’s atomic bomb transport mission and, 71, 103, 307
Indianapolis’s damage control preparations and, 97
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 37, 4
5
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 317
and Indianapolis’s survivors in the ocean, 187, 190
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330, 332–33
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 262, 268–69, 272, 274–75
and Indianapolis survivors’ return home, 390
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 438
McVay’s court-martial and, 343–44, 360–63, 367–68, 374, 378
McVay’s exoneration and, 438
Okinawa and, 9, 11, 23, 41–42, 72, 99–100, 148–49, 225, 319, 380
Operation Keynote and, 81–82
Pearl Harbor attack of, 8–9, 14, 16, 24, 59, 74, 113, 180, 251, 336, 362–63, 408
prisoners and, 101, 360
proposed invasion of, 15, 22, 42, 65–66, 72, 89–92, 94, 117, 127, 272, 420
Saipan and, 104, 106
sharks and, 202
sinking Underhill and, 107, 116
Soviet declaration of war against, 304
storms off mainland of, 219
surrender of, 96, 110, 118–19, 299–300, 304, 308–9, 314–16, 318–20, 337–38, 379
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 2, 80, 190, 322, 365, 398
U.S. atomic bomb program and, 65–66, 201
U.S. bombardment of, 10, 20, 98, 272, 299–300
and U.S. capture of Guam, 113–16
and U.S. invasion of Marianas, 104
U.S. warning to civilians of, 300–301
Jarman, John, 281
Jarvis, Jim, 154, 265, 282, 388
Jaws, 79–80, 403, 409
Jefferson, Thomas, 422–23
Johnson, Einar “Johnny,” 6–7
Johnson, Joe, 241
Johnson, Lyndon, 424
Johnson, Malcolm:
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 297, 303, 324
McVay’s court-martial and, 379
and Pulitzer Prize, 379, 515
sinking Indianapolis and, 320, 379
Josey, Clifford, 187–88, 379–81, 421
Jurkiewicz, Raymond, 358–59
kaiten, 122, 124, 320, 364–65
death letters of pilots of, 44
deep-sea trials of, 97–98
Guam patrol and, 43–44
Indianapolis targeting and, 144, 146
Iwo Jima and, 11, 16–18
Okinawa and, 41–42, 59
and proposed invasion of Japan, 89, 92
sinking Underhill and, 107
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 161
kamikaze:
attacks by, 5–6, 18, 31–35, 37–39, 45, 51, 57, 76, 111, 149, 155, 225, 378, 380, 388
comparisons between kaiten and, 42
criticisms of, 24–25
Japanese surrender and, 318–19
Okinawa and, 23, 225
Ugaki and, 12, 22–25
Kauffman, James, 115, 121