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When the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese Submarine, she sank in only fourteen minutes. Most of the men did not survive in the fiery, shark-infested waters, while a few struggled to stay afloat...yet the US Navy did not even know they were missing. The Navy needed a scapegoat, and court-martialed the captain for 'hazarding' the ship. But the survivors knew their captain was not to blame and tried for over fifty years to clear his name. Yet it was not until an 11-year old boy created a history fair project that stirred controversy in Washington D.C., that Captain McVay was finally exonerated. 201 indexed pages, softcover.
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