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Indianapolis

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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

 

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