Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man / Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster , 2018Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 578 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781501135941
- McVay, Charles Butler III (1898-1968) -- -Trials, litigation, etc
- Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- -History
- United States -- -Navy -- -Search and rescue operations -- -Pacific Ocean
- World War, 1939-1945 -- -Naval operations
- World War -- -1939-1945 -- -Search and rescue operations -- -Pacific Ocean
- Shipwrecks -- -Pacific Ocean
- 940.5426 VIN
- D774.I5 V56 2018
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 940.5426 VIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000955 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-540) and index.
Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man.
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.
English.
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