On July 30, 1945 the Japanese submarine I-58 sunk the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), killing 883 seamen.
The attack resulted in the worst single at-sea loss of life in the history of the U.S. Navy — most of the 883 men aboard died from “a combination of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks as they waited for assistance while floating helplessly for several days.”
Amazingly, 321 members of the crew were plucked out of the water alive after four days (without life rafts).
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Rumor has it that the 110th United States Congress — led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) — will introduce a joint non-binding resolution later today blaming the crew of the USS Indianapolis for their own demise, stating that “Due to our interventionist foreign policy, we had it coming.”
The Democratic leadership’s resolution will also retroactively declare that the War against the Japanese was “unwinnable”.
883 dead soldiers, and you use it for political bullshit. My father served in the Navy in WWII, and knew some of those soldiers. You have absolutely no class. None whatsoever.
There’s a sad documentary on this shown on A&E. They even interview the jap submarine commander that sunk the ship. While from a historical perspective the interview was interesting, it rubbed me the wrong way. I believe they used his testimony to unfairly punish the commander of the Indianapolis. (Eeriely similar to the Ramos and Campean story.)
Hey, Dan — political bullshit? Whatever.
The one thing this old Vet has never been accused of (at least not until now) is not supporting and honoring the sacrifices of this nation’s heroes past and present.
It might be a subtlety lost on you, but I wasn’t denigrating those brave sailors; I was disparaging the blame-America Left.
Now, I’ve never claimed to have much class — but patriotism and respect for the military is one thing I’m not short of.
What the heck is going on here? Why, give me one reason, why Pelosi and Reid would do this. I hope it’s only a rumor cause if it’s not, the dems have sunk their own ship!!!
Dianne — the rumor that I alluded to was started by me.
It was meant as nothing more than a jab at our “blame-America first” Democrats and lefties, who have spent more time passing non-binding resolutions than they have passing meaningful legislation.
Ohhhhhhh lol
Guess I should have put my reading comprehension glasses on..
lol
Wow- I guess FDR was really a Republican…
Who knew?
No my friend, he was a Democrat. But back then, Democrats stood for what was right, not what was convenient.
Did they mention Quint anywhere in that documentary?
Here’s a guy that survived for four days whilst all his mates got bitten in two, who then rebuilt his life in a place called Amity.
30 years later, some Seaquest DSV actor asks him to acompany him and guy out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind to go and kill a really big bad shark.
Now heres the ironic thing. This guy lasted four days with sharks a plenty back in 1945, but near the end of this documentry I watched, the big bad shark eats half his boat, along with half of him.
The moral of teh story, never trust an actor!
Jonny