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True rescueVincent, Lynn
Summary: Based on new primary sources and interviews with 108 survivors, Vincent and Vladic reveal the untold stories of the crew left adrift for five days in the Philippine Sea as they battled dehydration, sharks, insanity, and each other; the Army spy who shepherded the bomb aboard Indianapolis; the hidden history of the Top Secret ULTRA program that could have saved the ship; and the survivors'...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 940.54 VINVincent, Lynn
Summary: "Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 VINSummary: The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD USSNewcomb, Richard F.
Summary: A chronicle of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is updated with newly uncovered data retracing the privations suffered by survivors of this World War II vessel in the aftermath of a Japanese torpedo attack.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5425 NEWCOStanton, Doug.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 STACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 STAStanton, Doug
Summary: A young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias' New York Times bestseller In Harm's Way--a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history. On July 30, 1945, the U.S.S. 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,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022