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In Harm's Way - The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
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Audio > Audio books
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11
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284.29 MB

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English
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Aug 7, 2008
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deandominic



General Information
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 Title............: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
 Author...........: Doug Stanton
 Read By..........: Grover Gardner
 Genre............: History
 Publisher........: Chivers Sound Library (Unabridged, October 2001)

Original Media Information
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 Media............: 8 CDs  
 Condition........: Very Good
 
File Information
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 Number of MP3s...: 8
 Total Duration...: 7 hours 26 minutes
 Total MP3 Size...: 283 MB
 Ripped by........: deandominic             
 Ripper...........: Exact Audio Copy                                 
 Encoder..........: LAME 3.98         
 Encoder Settings.: ABR 80 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono          
 ID3 Tags.........: v1.1, v2.3 (includes embedded album art)

Book Description
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http://www.ussindianapolisinharmsway.com/home.htm
 
http://www.amazon.com/Harms-Way-Doug-Stanton/dp/0792799267/ref=ed_oe_a

On July 30, 1945, after completing a top secret mission to deliver parts of the atom bomb "Little Boy," which would be dropped on Hiroshima, the battle cruiser USS  Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained, undetected by the navy, for nearly five days. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to survive, fighting off hypothermia, sharks, physical and mental exhaustion, and, finally, hallucinatory dementia. By the time rescue -- which was purely accidental -- arrived, all but 321 men had lost their lives; 4 more would die in military hospitals shortly thereafter. 

The captain's subsequent and highly un usual court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive?

Comments

This sounds fantastic. Ilook forward to listenting to it very much. Any more military history up your sleeve?
I don't have any other military history at the moment. Perhaps more in the future if I find a compelling book.
Thanks, Dean. Great upload