Full name: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

Author: Doug Stanton Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780805073669 9781536628241 0805073663 1536628247

A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster -- and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived. Interweaving the stories of survivors, Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a little-known chapter in World War II history, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic tale of war, survival, and extraordinary courage. On July 30, 1945, the 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 four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive? Similar books: The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings A Short History of World War II by James L. Stokesbury Flyboys by James Bradley The Second World War by Antony Beevor History of the Second World War by B. H. Liddell Hart Moral Combat by Michael Burleigh Wartime by Paul Fussell Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides The Wild Blue by Stephen E. Ambrose Surviving the Sword by Brian MacArthur Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission by Bob Drury The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn MacDonald The Secret War by Max Hastings