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Chargement... Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis (édition 2002)par Peter Nelson (Auteur), Hunter Scott (Préface)
Information sur l'oeuvreLeft for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis par Pete Nelson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a must read for anyone in the military or federal government. It is proof as to what will happen when people lie and try to cover details. Charles Butler McVay was captain of the USS Indianapolis. This is the story how hundreds of the men on the ship died and how it all could have been prevented. McVay was blamed and later court martialed only to have his name and reputation cleared fifty-five years later by a middle school boy doing a social studies report. What began for 13-year-old Hunter Scott as a history project actually resulted in changing history. He set out to discover what really happened when the USS Indianapolis sank. More than 800 sailors died and 300 were left to float in shark infested waters for four days. Other books to try: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, Abandon Ship! Death of the USS Indianapolis, Miracle at Midway, A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Here is a summary from Google: Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship sank in 14 minutes. More than 1,000 men were thrown into shark-infested waters. Those who survived the fiery sinking—some injured, many without life jackets—struggled to stay afloat in shark-infested waters as they waited for rescue. But the United States Navy did not even know they were missing. The Navy needed a scapegoat for this disaster. So it court-martialed the captain for “hazarding” his ship. The survivors of the Indianapolis knew that their captain was not to blame. For 50 years they worked to clear his name, even after his untimely death. But the navy would not budge—until an 11-year-old boy named Hunter Scott entered the picture. His history fair project on the Indianapolis soon became a crusade to restore the captain’s good name and the honor of the men who served under him.
It is my hope that the NC Battle of the Books teams will gain some great insight from reading this historical fiction.
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