Harlan Twible is pictured shortly after returning to the United States following the USS Indianapolis sea disaster in the Pacific in the closing days of World War II. Photo provided
Minutes after the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis‘ bow was blown away by a torpedo fired by Japanese submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945, Ensign Harlan Twible was treading water in the shark-infested, inky waters of the Philippine Sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Jarvis, a sailor aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis, looks at an official picture of the ill-fated vessel. It was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea a few days before the end of WW II and some 880 sailors perished. Sun photo by Don Moore
Four days after delivering the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan to Tinian Island in the Pacific during the final days of World War II, the USS Indianapolis was hit by two torpedoes from a Japanese sub. She sunk in 12 minutes and her demise resulted in the biggest loss of life in the U.S. Navy’s history. Read the rest of this entry »
