by Lynn Vincent
Tibbetts, Paul W., The Tibbetts Story. New York: Stein and Day, 1978. (TIBBETTS)
Toland, John. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945. New York: Random House. (RS)
Tully, Grace. F.D.R. My Boss. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1949. (GRACE)
Ugaki, Matome, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon. Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941–1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008. (UGAKI)
USNI. The Bluejackets’ Manual: United States Navy, 1944. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1944.
USS Indianapolis Crew Members, and Philip A. St. John, PhD. USS Indianapolis, CA-35. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1997. (WHITE BOOK)
USS Indianapolis Families. Lost at Sea but Not Forgotten. Indianapolis, IN: Printing Partners, 2008. (LAS)
Wiper, Steve. Portland Class Cruisers: CA-33 USS Portland & CA-35 USS Indianapolis. Tucson, AZ: Classic Warships Pub., 2000. (WARSHIP)
Articles (Print)
Alexander, Colonel Joseph H., USMC (retired). Naval History. Vol. 19, No. 2, April 2005. Print. (NH19)
Anderson, Emma. “Foreign Affairs Reporter Dies at Age 88.” The Daily Californian Online, 24 January 2011. Accessed 26 June 2016.
Aniya, Masaaki. “Compulsory Mass Suicide, the Battle of Okinawa, and Japan’s Textbook Controversy.” Editorial. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 6 January 2008. http://japanfocus.org/site/view/2629. (KONOE)
Berke, Richard L. “Smith Announces for President.” New York Times, 2 February 1999.
Borg, Jim. “History Clock Going aboard a New Indy.” Advertiser (Honolulu), 30 July 1990.
Burlingame, Burl. “A Clock Retells the Story of WWII Sea Tragedy.” Star-Bulletin (Honolulu), 30 July 1990.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. 18 December 1945, 5. Print. (EDITH)
Corley, Corporal Angus. “Hometowns in Wartime: San Francisco, Calif.” Yank, November 1944. Accessed 13 June 2016.
“Cruiser Sunk, 1,196 Casualties; Took Atom Bomb Cargo to Guam.” New York Times, 15 August 1945. (NYT)
Dayton, Kevin. “Survivors, Japanese Captain in Ceremony.” Star-Bulletin and Advertiser (Honolulu), 18 November 1990.
Dobbs, Michael. Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill and Truman—from World War to Cold War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. (6IN45)
Editorial. Olson, Donald W., Brandon R. Johns, and Russell L. Doescher. “ ‘Ill Met By Moonlight’: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis” Sky & Telescope, Vol. 104, No. 1, July 2002, 30–36. Faculty Publications-Physics. Web. N.d.: N. pag. Web. (MOON)
Fletcher, Carol. “Lifesaver Honored after 60 Years.” Record (Bergen, New Jersey), 2005.
Frank, Richard B. “Why Truman Dropped the Bomb.” From 8 August 2005 issue: Sixty Years after Hiroshima, We Now Have the Secret Intercepts That Shaped His Decision. 8 August 2005, Vol. 10, No. 44.
Gase, Thomas. “Front and Center: Benicia’s Harold Bray Is the Ultimate Survivor.” Vallejo Times-Herald, 20 September 2014. Web. (HB—NEWS)
Goldberg, Carey. “Independent Conservative Bob Smith Runs Uphill Race on Principle.” New York Times, 20 September 1999.
Goldstein, Richard. “Adrian Marks, 81, War Pilot Who Led Rescue of 56, Is Dead.” New York Times, 15 March 1998. Accessed 15 March 2017. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/us/adrian-marks-81-war-pilot-who-led-rescue-of-56-is-dead.html.
Gordon, William. “A Local Hero: Rescue at Sea.” Star-Ledger (Newark). (This article is about Bill Van Wilpe, the big farm boy and USS Bassett sailor who risked his own life to save multiple Indianapolis survivors. The date on this print article was obscured.)
Hawkins, David. Manhattan District History, Project Y, The Los Alamos Project. Technical paper no. LAMS 2532. Vol. 1. Los Angeles: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1946. (PROJECT Y)
“Indianapolis Skipper to Speak.” Indianapolis Times, 17 July 1960.
James, Paul. “Dr. Earl O. Henry, Artist and Naturalist.” The Tennessee Conservationist, November 2011, 17. (EH—TENN)
“John Parmelee Cady.” In The Lucky Bag, 216. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Academy, 1922.
Johnson, Malcolm. “Full Sinking Story Isn’t out Yet, Reporter Says: Correspondent Hits Calling of Jap in McVay’s Trial, Cites Lack of Search for Cruiser.” Pittsburgh Press, 29 December 1945.
Kelly, Cynthia. “Robert Furman.” Time, 31 October 2008. Obituary of Robert Furman, the Army major who shepherded components of Little Boy, the world’s first atomic bomb, to Tinian Island aboard Indianapolis.
LaFollette, Gerry. “McVay Learned Integrity in the Navy.” Indianapolis Times, 4 August 1960.
LaFollette, Gerry. “Tragedy Still Hurts—after 15 Years.” Indianapolis Times, 30 July 1960. (Includes photo with the caption, “ ‘Captain’ McVay today,” in which McVay is asking to have his nametag changed to read “Captain.”)
LaFollette, Gerry. “USS Indianapolis Crew Relives War Tragedy.” Indianapolis Times, 31 July 1960.
Mantho, R. S. “Eyewitness Story of USS Indianapolis Disaster.” Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), 7 October 1945.
Mok, Michael. “Bethesdan Recalls Trip with A-Bomb’s Heart.” Washington Star. From Papers of Robert Furman, Library of Congress.
“Naval Author to Speak Here.” Indianapolis Times, 15 July 1960.
“Project Alberta.” Atomic Heritage Foundation. Accessed 10 September 2017. https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/project-alberta.
“Reunion Proclaimed.” Indianapolis Star, 28 July 1960. (Photograph with caption: “Mayor Charles H. Boswell signs a proclamation making Saturday and Sunday ‘USS Indianapolis Survivors Memorial Reunion Days.’ ”)
“Reunion to Hear Retired Admiral.” Indianapolis Star, 17 July 1960.
Scott, R. D., JAGC, USN. “Report on the Court-Martial of Captain Charles B. McVay III, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Indianapolis.” NJAG 10.2 (18 June 1996): 149–end. (SCOTT)
Shimpo, Ryuku, Ota Masahide, Mark Ealey, and Alastair McLaughlan. “Descent into Hell: The Battle of Okinawa.” Asia Pacific Journal, 4th ser., 12, No. 48 (2014). Accessed 10 December 2015. http://apjjf.org/2014/12/48/Ota-Masahide/4230.html.
“The Sinking of USS Indianapolis: Navy Department Press Release, Report on Court-Martial of Captain Charles B McVay, III, USN, 23 February 1946.” Web. (NAVYPR46)
Special to the New York Times. “Capt. McVay Wins Bronze Star for Valor on the Indianapolis in Battle before Loss.” New York Times, 27 April 1946. (This article documents McVay’s receipt of a Bronze Star for valor displayed at Okinawa in conjunction with the kamikaze attack. McVay did not even tell his sons about this medal.)
Stillwell, Paul. “Photographer at War.” U.S. Naval Institute’s Naval History, August 2014, 16–23.
Stimson, Henry Lewis. “The Decision to Use the Bomb.” Harper’s Magazine, February 1947, 102–4. (HENRY)
“Ultra and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis,” a paper given to the Eleventh Naval History Symposium. 1993. Richard Von Doenhoff. (U&S)
Unbylined. “Adm. Mason to Talk at Memorial Reunion of Survivors of the USS Indianapolis.” Indianapolis Star, 10 July 1960.
“US Naval Institute History Articles.” Web.
“USS Indianapolis’ Wives Tour Butler, Enjoy Tea,” Indianapolis Times, 31 July 1960.
Wells, Randy. “Navy Nurse Recalls USS Indianapolis Tragedy.” IUP Magazine, Summer 2013, 16–18.
Articles and Reports (Web)
Allen, Thomas B., and Norman Polmar. “The Radio Broadcast That Ended World War II.” The Atlantic, 7 August 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/emperor-hirohito-surrender-japan-hiroshima/400328/. (BROADCAST)
Atomic Heritage Foundation. 910 17th St. NW, Suite 408, Washington, DC 20006. Web. http://www.atomicheritage.org/. (AHF)
Atomic Heritage Foundation. “509th Composite Group.” Atomic Heritage Foundation, 4 June 2014. Accessed 18 January 2016. h
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“Atomic Power in Ten Years.” 27 May 1940. Time, Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884111,00.html.
“Attack on the Atom.” 16 October 1939. Time, Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762080,00.html.
“Battle of Okinawa.” Battle of Okinawa. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/okinawa-battle.htm. (PHASES)
“Bomber Recalls WWII Rescue.” Wayne Independent, 25 August 2010. http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20100825/NEWS/308259996.
“Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities.” World War II Database. Accessed 16 June 2016. Article covers 19 February–10 August 1945.
Bowersmith, John A., and Joshua Hull. “LeBow Leads Survivors’ Group from World War II’s USS Indianapolis.” 31 July 2009. http://lubbockonline.com/stories/073109/loc_473111154.shtml#.VuiYaYwrJL8. (CL—LAJ)
Chen, C. Peter. “Mitsuru Ushijima.” World War II Database. http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=306. (USHIJIMA)
“Civilians on Okinawa.” PBS. Accessed 16 March 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/pacific-civilians-okinawa/. (CIVILIANS)
Columbia University. “Japan’s Quest for Power and World War II in Asia.” Asia For Educators. 2009. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_power.htm. (QUEST)
Cressman, Robert J. “The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II—1945.” HyperWar. 1999. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html. (CRESSMAN)
Crum, Jay. “Brief History of the USS Underhill.” About USS Underhill. Accessed 5 October 2016. http://www.ussunderhill.org/html/about_uss_underhill.html.
Dace, Stanley W., Chief Boatswain’s Mate. “Brief History of the USS Underhill DE-682.” About USS Underhill. http://www.ussunderhill.org/html/about_the_uss_underhill.html. (UNDERHILL)
Davis, James M. “Operation Downfall—The Invasion of Japan, November, 1945.” November 1987. http://www.oocities.org/athens/acropolis/8141/downfall.html. (DOWNFALL)
“Decision to Drop the Bomb.” Truman Presidency Exhibit—Harry S. Truman Museum & Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hst/d.htm. (DECISION)
DeFeo, Anthony. “DeLeon Springs Man, USS Indianapolis Survivor, Dies at 89.” News-JournalOnline.com. February 16, 2015. http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20150216/news/150219533?p=1&tc=pg. (CH—DAYTONA)
Department of Defense. “Navy 4-star Admiral and Trident Scholar Dies.” www.navy.mil. 28 May 2008. Accessed 30 June 2017. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=37463. (Obituary of Admiral Don Pilling.)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association. “Hedgehog.” Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. 24 January 2016. Accessed 1 December 2017. https://www.ussslater.org/tour/weapons/hedgehog/hedgehog.html. Information on the “hedgehog,” the antisubmarine weapons used by USS Albert T. Harris to chase the unknown submarine ahead of Indianapolis’s track.
“Destroyer Escorts.” Destroyer History Foundation. Accessed 19 October 2016. http://destroyerhistory.org/de/.
Doody, Richard. “The World at War—Diplomatic Timeline 1939–1945.” http://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/diplomacy39-45.html. (DOODY)
Feuer, A. B. “Memories from the USS Indianapolis.” Warfare History Network. Accessed 28 September 2016. http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/memories-from-the-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/.
Ford, Daniel. “The Horror of the Human Bomb-Delivery System.” Wall Street Journal, 10 September 2002. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB103162461556052235. (HORROR)
Frank, Richard B. “Why Truman Dropped the Bomb.” Weekly Standard, 8 August 2005. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/894mnyyl.asp#. (DROPPED)
Gandt, Robert. “Killing the Yamato.” HistoryNet. 4 August 2011. http://www.historynet.com/killing-the-yamato.htm. (YAMATO)
Garfunkel, Richard J. “FDR—65 Years Ago in Warm Springs 4-12-45.” www.richardjgarfunkel.com (blog), 12 April 2010. Accessed 14 March 2014. http://www.richardjgarfunkel.com/2010/04/12/fdr-65-years-ago-in-warm-springs-4-12-45/. (FDR)
Giuggio, Vicki M. “What If You Drink Saltwater?” HowStuffWorks. 16 February 2012. Accessed 14 March 2014. http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-you-drink-saltwater2.htm. (SALT)
Gogin, Ivan. “ ‘Otsu-gata B3’ Cruiser Submarines.” IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN). 2008. http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_ss_b3.htm. (IJN)
Hammel, Eric. “Battle of Okinawa: Summary, Fact, Pictures and Casualties.” History Net. 12 June 2006. Accessed 5 February 2014. http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-okinawa-operation-iceberg.htm. (ICEBERG)
History Chanel. “Firebombing of Tokyo (This Day in History).” History.com. Accessed 26 June 2016. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/firebombing-of-tokyo.
Homans, Lally, Gordon Spector, and Phillip Messineo. “Nazi Sea Water Experiment.” 10 October 2009. Accessed 14 March 2014. http://www.slideshare.net/studentwilsonbiologylab/nazi-sea-water-experiment. (NAZI)
Huber, Thomas M. “Leavenworth Papers—Japan’s Battle of Okinawa, April–June 1945.” N.p., n.d. Web. http://web.archive.org/web/20090214183638/http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Huber/Huber.asp#contents. Number 18 (JBO)
Hulver, Richard, PhD. “Sinking of USS Indianapolis.” History.navy.mil. Accessed 4 October 2016. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/indianapolis.html.
“The Information War in the Pacific, 1945.” Central Intelligence Agency. 6 May 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no3/article07.html. (PEACE)
Ito, Masami. “Guam Native Tells Tokyo Gathering of WWII Atrocities.” The Japan Times. 12 December 2004. Accessed 3 March 2017. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/12/12/national/guam-native-tells-tokyo-gathering-of-wwii-atrocities/.
“The Japanese Emperor Speaks.” History.com. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-japanese-emperor-speaks. (SPEAKS)
“John Chapman and the Kamikaze Attack.” 6 April 2015. Accessed 10 March 2016. www.pbs.org.
Kalafus, Jim, and Cleatus Lebow. “Recalling the Indianapolis—Cleatus Lebow.” Encyclopedia Titanica. 30 July 2007. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/recalling-the-uss-inianapolis.html. (CL-RECALLING)
King, Lauren. “Sailors of the Indianapolis Honored on Veterans Day.” The Virginian-Pilot. 12 November 2008. http://pilotonline.com/news/military/sailors-of-the-indianapolis-honored-on-veterans-day/article_1599017a-2f66-56b5-beed-e3415968031e.html. (VP—SAILORS)
Kingsepp, Sander, and Bob Hackett. “Imperial Submarines.” Imperial Submarines. http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tan%20No.%202.htm. (TAN 2)
MacEachin, Douglas J. “The Final Months of the War with Japan.” Central Intelligence Agency. 7 July 2008. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/the-final-months-of-the-war-with-japan-signals-intelligence-u-s-invasion-planning-and-the-a-bomb-decision/csi9810001.html#rtoc2. (CIA)
Marble, Joan. “Mathews Man Finds Owner Of Dog Tag Lost In ’45.” Tribunedigital-dailypress. 9 December 1992. http://articles.dailypress.com/1992-12-09/news/9212090224_1_dog-tag-edward-kiser-uss-indianapolis. (SL TAGS)
Masahide, Ota, and Satoko Norimatsu. “ ‘The World Is Beginning to Know Okinawa’: Ota Masahide Reflects on His Life from the Battle of Okinawa to the Struggle for Okinawa.” Masahide Ota, Norimatsu Satoko. Accessed 20 September 2015. http://www.japanfocus.org/-Norimatsu-Satoko/3415/article.html. Ota Peace Research Institute, Okinawa kanren shiryo—Okinawa sen oyobi kichi mondai, 2010, 2. (OPRI)
“Might-Have-Been.” 12 February 1940. Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601400212,00.html.
Milhomme, Bill. “Chaplain Rev. Thomas M. Conway Remembrance.” Bill Milhomme (blog), 20 June 2012. http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/06/fr-thomas-m-conway-chaplain-uss.html. (MILHOMME)
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“Millions Turn Out to Cheer Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz for NYC Ticker-Tape Parade.” Naval History Blog. 9 October 2014. Accessed 28 October 2017. https://www.navalhistory.org/2014/10/09/millions-turn-out-to-cheer-fleet-adm-chester-nimitz-for-nyc-ticker-tape-parade.
Morgan, Sharon, and Tom Morgan. “Glenn Grover Morgan’s Obituary on Midland Reporter-Telegram.” Midland Reporter-Telegram. 27 December 2012. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mrt/obituary.aspx?pid=161983015#sthash.MPLVXjtv.dpuf. (GM—OBIT)
Nichols, Chas S., Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. “OKINAWA: VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC.” HyperWar: USMC Monograph. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Okinawa/USMC-M-Okinawa-5.html. (BEACHHEAD)
Nichols, Major Chaz. S., Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. “Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific.” HyperWar. Accessed 18 November 2014. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Okinawa/USMC-M-Okinawa-5.html. (USMC)
“Nuclear Files: Timeline of the Nuclear Age: 1945.” Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/timeline_page.php?year=1945. (NAPF)
“Okinawa’s History.” Okinawa’s History. Accessed 4 May 2014. http://rca.open.ed.jp/web_e/history/story/epoch4/okinawasen_2.html. (BATTLE)
Our Baytown. “Lindsey Z. Wilcox—USS Indianapolis Survivor.” Baytown’s Historical Resource. http://www.ourbaytown.com/LindseyZWilcox.htm. (BAYTOWN)
“The Pacific: Photos from WWII.” Denver Post Photo Blog. http://www.eugenelesslover.com/The_Pacific.html. (WWII PHOTO BLOG)
Paine, Thomas O. “The Transpacific Voyage Of H.I.J.M.S. I-400.” Tom Paine’s Journal: July 1945 to January 1946. http://www.pacerfarm.org/i-400/. (PAINE)
Phillips, Don. “W. Graham Claytor Jr., 82, Ex–Amtrak President, Dies.” The Washington Post, 15 May 1994. Accessed 10 March 2017. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-890812.html?refid=easy_hf.
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