The USS Indianapolis with Barry Levine
Monday, August 18 at 7 PMBarry Levine’s presentation covers the incredible story of the W. W. II cruiser USS Indianapolis. Learn about the ship’s naval service before and during the war, including the July 1945 delivery of nuclear weapon components to Tinian on a top-secret mission. The Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, going down in about twelve minutes. Almost 1,200 men were on board, but only 316 survived the ordeal – making this tragedy the worst at-sea loss in the Navy’s history. Learn about the nightmare the surviving sailors experienced in their four plus days in the Philippine Sea before their miraculous rescue and the subsequent court martial of the ship’s Captain and the experiences of some of these survivors after they came home, and the ability of the Japanese and American survivors, years later, to reconcile with each other.