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Lost, now found: Local connection to the discovery of historic warship wreckage
He remarried and was a sales representative for engineering products. And he and the other USS Indianapolis survivors started a campaign to overturn the court martial of their ship’s captain ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
This Hero Rallied Wounded USS Indianapolis Survivors
the surviving crew of the sunken USS Indianapolis was in a living nightmare. Thanks to Marine Captain Edward Parke's display of heroism, he gave survivors that extra push to stay alive.
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Former Chaska resident seeks to clear his captain’s USS Indianapolis record
He retired in 1995. Murphy is the current chairman of the USS Indianapolis Survivors Organization. The group was organized in 1960, nearly 15 years after the war. Reunions were held every five years.
The Mirror15d
Horrific final moments of men mauled to death over four days in worst ever shark attack
Scores of US sailors fell victim to the deadliest shark attack ever after their ship, the USS Indianapolis ... On August 2, 1945, the survivors were discovered by accident by a US bomber carrying ...
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15 photos of the USS Indianapolis, whose World War II sinking started the deadliest shark attack in history
The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly blown in half ... and approximately 900 survivors would have to wait about four days in the water to get rescued. Subjected to dehydration, heat ...