by Lynn Vincent
Potts, J. R. “IJN I-58—History, Specs and Pictures—Navy Ships.” IJN I-58. http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=IJN-I58. (I-58)
“Rear Admiral Thomas J. Ryan, Jr.” Ibiblio. Accessed 30 November 2017. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/pers-us/uspers-r/t-ryan.htm.
“Recollections of a Vagabonde (Photos).” The Little White House in Georgia, Part 2. N.p.,n.d. Web. http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-little-white-house-in-georgia-part-2.html. (WHEREFDRDIED)
Rehagen, Tony. “On Duty: A Sailor’s Story.” Indianapolis Monthly. 10 January 2013. http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/on-duty-a-sailors-story/. (JO-DUTY)
“Remembering the USS Squalus 75 Years Later.” Naval History Blog. 22 May 2014. Accessed January 20, 2017. https://www.navalhistory.org/2014/05/23/remembering-the-uss-squalus-75-years-later.
Ryu, Endo. “Interview with a Zero Pilot.” Rekishi Gunzou, November 2000, translated by Gernot Hassenflug of Kyoto. http://www.warbirdforum.com/komachi.htm (ZERO)
Second Emergency Rescue Squadron, unknown Member. “Rescued from the Sea.” PBY.org. Accessed 28 March 2017. http://www.pbyrescue.com/Stories/rescue%20story.pdf. This article was critical in helping recreate Lieutenant Adrian Marks’s landing of his PBY-5A Catalina flying boat, or “Dumbo,” and rescuing fifty-three Indianapolis survivors.
“Science: Big Game.” Time, 13 March 1939. Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760934,00.html.
“Secret Weapons.” Time, 24 January 1944. Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0.9171.803047,00.html.
Slotnik, Daniel E. “Dan Kurzman, Military Historian, Is Dead at 88.” New York Times. 24 December 2010. Accessed 1 June 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html.
Smitha, Frank E. “Emperor Hirohito Speaks to His Nation about Surrender.” Micro History and World Timeline. http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch23ja7.htm. (HIROHITO)
“Sodium: Too Much of a Good Thing.” Poison.org. Accessed 29 September 2016. https://www.poison.org/articles/2013-sep/sodium-too-much-of-a-good-thing.
Sudyk, Bob. “Redemption for Sailor Joe.” Hartford Courant. 21 June 1998. Accessed 15 March 2014. http://articles.courant.com/1998-06-21/news/9806180129_1_uss-indianapolis-charles-butler-mcvay-iii-sofa. (JOE)
“Surrender of Japan—Divisions Within the Japanese Leadership.” http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/surrender_of_japan. (Division)
“Task Force Information.” Task Force 50. N.p., n.d. Web. http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/tf50.htm#iceber. (TF)
Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan Witts. “Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima.” Articlealso titled “Ruin from the Air.” Web. http://www.rulit.net/programRead.php?program_id=331877&page=1 See also http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/tomwitts/index.htm. (ENOLA)
“Thomas John Ryan, Jr.” In The Lucky Bag, 113. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Academy, 1921. Accessed 30 May 2017. https://archive.org/stream/luckybag1921unse#page/n11/mode/2up/search/Ryan.
Toti, William J. “The Legacy of USS Indianapolis.” USNI News, 30 July 2014. Accessed 15 February 2015. https://news.usni.org/2014/07/30/legacy-uss-indianapolis.
Vladic, Sara. “Lost Survivor of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Found.” Proceedings. 14 September 2017. Accessed 29 November 2017. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-09/lost-survivor-uss-indianapolis-ca-35-found.
“War in the Laboratories.” Time, 26 May 1941. Accessed 29 March 2016. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765651,00.html.
“William “Deak” Parsons.” Atomic Heritage Foundation. Accessed 14 June 2016. www.atomicheritage.com.
“William R. Purnell.” Atomic Heritage Foundation. Accessed 14 June 2016. www.atomicheritage.com.
Woodward, Lieutenant Commander C. R., USMC. The U.S.S. Indianapolis—TragedyAmid Triumph. 1988. Web. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1988/WCR.htm. (TRAGEDY)
“World War II: Ultra—The Misunderstood Allied Secret Weapon.” 4 August 2016. Accessed 21 February 2017. http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-ultra-the-misunderstood-allied-secret-weapon.htm.
Wukovitz, John F. “Battle of Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War.” WorldWar II, May 2000: History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online. Web. http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-okinawa-the-bloodiest-battle-of-the-pacific-war.htm. (SLEDGE)
Yamada, Goro. “Sinking the Indianapolis: A Japanese Perspective.” HistoricalConsulting.com. 30 July 1994. http://www.historicalconsulting.com/vets_jp.html. Dan King, a Japanese translator and World War II historian/collector, interviewed Mr. Yamada, a former chief petty officer aboard the Japanese submarine I-58. The authors, Vincent and Vladic, obtained a print copy of the interview, which is no longer available online. The URL links to a photo of Mssrs. Yamada and King and some additional history.
Film/Video
Video Archive—Witnesses to War. Web. http://www.witnesstowar.org/content/search/search.php?zoom_query=uss+indianapolis. (WTW)
“Video of Truman Being Sworn In.” Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKsUkRIWbbM. (NEWSREEL)
Day of the Kamikaze, Smithsonian Channel. Traces the origins of kamikaze battle and relives two days of horror in 1945, when the Japanese launched “Operation Heaven” against the Allied fleet in the Pacific. This award-winning documentary details the biggest and bloodiest suicide attack in history, with unforgettable footage and eyewitness accounts. 8 February 2008, United Kingdom. Director: Peter Nicholson.
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie. Profiles the history of the U.S. nuclear weapons program from 1945 to 1963; William Shatner narrates. Director: Peter Kuran. Released 29 September 1995.
USS Indianapolis: Ship of Doom. Produced by Bill Van Daalen. Chip Taylor Communications.
Witness to the Sinking of USS Indianapolis. Richard LeFrancis, director of the Pappy Boyington Veterans Museum and son of Army Captain Richard LeFrancis. Video. Accessed online 10 September 2017 at https://www.youtube.com.
INDEX
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Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations
Abandon Ship (Newcomb), 180, 292, 385, 391
Abbott, George, 190, 391
Akines, Bill, 282
Alberta, Project, 67–68, 200, 299
Alcorn, R. C., 266, 282, 285
Aleutian Islands, 55–56, 76
Allard, Vincent:
and crew missing in action, 314–15
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 136, 141
in the ocean, 185, 222
rescue of, 283
Allen, Donald, 429
Allen, Paul G., 443, 445–46
Alsos mission, 47, 50, 66
Anami, Korechika, 13
Anthony, Harold R., 223
Apra Harbor, 43, 112, 115, 116, 119–21
Armitage, Herb, 314–15
Associated Press (AP), 180, 292, 360, 362, 364
atomic bomb, 406
assembly of, 67, 71, 200
deployment of, 67, 80, 219–20, 298–301, 304–9
estimated death toll for dropping of, 66
Japanese civilians warned about, 300–301
Nazi development of, 47–50, 65–66
opposition to use of, 66
physical appearance of, 68–69, 74–75, 101, 110–11
radiation from, 68, 110
testing of, 67–68, 95–96, 200, 220
transport mission for, 2, 65–76, 80, 90, 93–106, 108–13, 140, 142, 192, 194, 200–201, 219, 237, 293, 299, 301, 307–8, 324, 401, 431, 446
U.S. development of, 47–50, 64–66, 71–72, 201, 220
Atteberry, George:
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 250–52, 254–57, 259–61, 264, 286
Marks’s open-sea landing and, 259–60
Attlee, Clement, 110
Aylwin, USS, 285
Baker, Wilder, 344, 346, 355, 361, 370, 380
Bargsley, James, 256
Barksdale, Thomas Leon, 326
Barr, Joseph, 387
Bassett, USS, 256–57, 272–80, 285
Bataan Death March, 180, 360
Bateman, Bernard, 423
Bauersfeld, Carl, 344, 430–31
Beach, Edward L., 82
Belcher, James, 139, 421
in the ocean, 228, 389–90
return home of, 389–90
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 228
Belcher, Toyoko Inoue, 390
Bell, Maurice, 404
Benton, Clarence, 193–94, 208, 211, 216, 223, 280
Betio, 39–40
Bibb, USCGS, 331, 428
Birch, Francis, 200
Blum, Donald, 70, 316, 330
atomic bomb transport mission and, 104–5, 194
McVay’s court-martial and, 357–58
in the ocean, 193–94, 216, 225–26, 231–32
rescue of, 280
Bockscar, 304
Bolents, Eva Jane, 306
Boswell, Charles, 387
Bower, Oliver F., 378
Bray, Harold, 437
in the ocean, 249, 279
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 162
Bromley, John, 364, 368
Brophy, Thomas, Jr., 265, 328
Brophy, Thomas, Sr., 328, 334, 381
Broser, Jack, 274–75, 277–79
Brown, Ed, 307
Brown, Jim, 307
Bruce, Andrew D., 35
Brundige, Robert, 191, 215
Buckett, Victor, 39
crew casualties and, 326–28
Iwo Jima and, 7
rescue of, 282
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 153
Buckner, Claude “Uncle Buck,” 312–13
Bullard, John, 369
Bunai, Bob, 439
Bunker Hill, USS, 5–6
Bush, George H. W., 292
Bush, George W., 2, 436
Cady, John Parmelee:
and crew in the ocean, 355
enemy sub contact and, 353
Hashimoto’s testimony and, 361–62, 364–68
McVay’s court-martial and, 342, 344–46, 351–57, 361–62, 364–74, 376–77
Campbell, Louis, 390
Candalino, Paul, 153, 158, 166, 305
Caroline Islands, 103, 116, 271, 286, 393
Carter, James, 115, 365, 380
enemy sub contact and, 92, 372
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 317, 322
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253, 325
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 116, 120–21, 129, 141–42, 317, 322, 342, 372–73
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 334, 342, 367
McVay’s court-martial and, 342–44, 366
McVay’s exoneration and, 414
McVay’s relationship with, 113, 317, 322
and sinking of Underhill, 107, 116
Cassidy, John “Jack,” 139
Celaya, Adolfo “Harpo,” 10, 51
abandoning Indianapolis and, 173–74, 194
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132, 140–41, 145
injuries of, 30–31, 35
Iwo Jima and, 57
Japanese air attacks and, 32, 35
in the ocean, 174, 188–89, 193–94, 207–8, 226–27
rescues and, 250, 280, 285
sharks and, 207, 226, 250
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 149, 173–74
Centazzo, Frank, 202–3, 421
Chase, Russell, 379
China, 28, 42, 123
Churchill, Winston, 95–96, 110
Cincinnati Enquirer, 318, 326
Clamp, USS, 39–40
Claytor, William Graham, Jr., 54
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 252, 254, 264–65, 268–71, 273–74, 276, 282–83, 408
McVay’s exoneration and, 408
Cleveland, USS, 28
Clinton, Bill, 436
Alvin C. Cockrell, USS, 285
Colclough, O. S., 339–41, 358
Cold War, 180–81
Cole, USS, 436
Colwell, Warren, 241–42, 245
Coney, Charles E.:
enemy sub contact and, 347–50
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330–31, 340, 344, 347–50, 365–66, 370–73
sinking Underhill and, 347–48
Congress, U.S., 336, 402–4
McVay’s court-martial and, 292, 379
McVay’s exoneration and, 293, 405–11, 414–28, 430–32, 435–37
see also Senate, U.S.
Conway, Father Thomas, 36, 52, 57, 101, 305
death of, 231
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132
in the ocean, 192, 198, 202, 216–18, 230–31
rescue operations and, 285
Coolidge, Calvin, 339–40
Cooper, USS, 169
Cordea, George, 368–69
Corregidor, 101
Corry, John, 310–11
Covington, George, 312–14
Cox, Loel Dene, 25–27, 34, 142
abandoning Indianapolis and, 166
atomic bomb transport mission and, 93–94
and casualties of Indianapolis, 38
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 38–39
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 437–39
Japanese air attacks and, 26, 32, 34, 38
McVay’s court-martial and, 292–93
McVay’s exoneration and, 421
in the ocean, 187–88, 207, 269, 379
Okinawa and, 26
rescues and, 269, 280
sharks and, 207
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 154–55, 369
transfer to navigation of, 38–39, 93
Crane, Granville, 390
Crouch, Edwin, 142, 167
Culver, Jack, 378
Cunningham, Bill, 337–38
Dahlgren, USS, 290
Danzig, Richard, 436
Davis, Arthur C., 116
DeBernardi, Louis, 74–75, 237
Defense Department, U.S., 84, 290, 397
McVay’s exoneration and, 402, 409, 435, 437
DeGrave, Glen, 46, 101–2, 139, 307
Denfeld, Louis, 306, 327
McVay’s court-martial and, 331, 335
destroyer escorts, 106–7, 139
Diebner, Kurt, 47, 50, 65–66
Dollins, Paul, 326
Donaho, Glynn Robert, 291, 373–77, 399
Doyle, Charles, 254, 269
Cecil J. Doyle, USS, 54
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 252, 254, 262, 264–65, 268–71, 273–74, 276, 282–83, 285, 354, 408
Drayton, William, 226
Driscoll, David, 138–39, 171
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 157–58, 165
Dronet, Joseph, 197
Dudley, William S., 412, 425, 431
Dufilho, USS, 282, 284
Eames, Paul H., Jr., 211, 216, 232, 237–38
East China Sea, 79, 98
Eastlake, Francis Royal, 362–64
Eck, Harold, 421
Edson, Arthur, 362–64, 367, 369
Einstein, Albert, 48–50, 66
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 298, 337, 391
Emery, Calvin Ball, 20, 36, 38
Emery, John, 143, 314–15, 326
Emery, William Friend, 314–15, 326
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 136, 142–43
England, Gordon, 435–37
Enola Gay, 71, 201, 220, 297–99, 431
Enterprise, USS, 5, 10, 336
Erwin, Louis “Kayo,” 388
atomic bomb transport mission and, 74, 446
discovering Indianapolis
’s wreckage and, 446–47
rescue of, 266
Essex, USS, 5, 21
Farallon islands, Farallon Light, 51, 72, 76, 102
Farrell, Thomas, 219–20
Fatal Voyage (Kurzman), 292, 406
Fat Man, 304–6
Flynn, Anna, 327
Flynn, Anne and Carleen, 135, 327, 381
Flynn, Joseph, 321
abandoning Indianapolis and, 164
abandon-ship drills and, 104
atomic bomb transport mission and, 99, 101–2, 104, 109–11
damage control training and, 97
death of, 243, 305, 327
firefighting training and, 96, 104
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 135, 141
sinking Indianapolis and, 299
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 165
Forrestal, James, 9, 323, 326, 328, 424
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 329, 331
McVay’s court-martial and, 331, 338–39, 341–43, 360, 378–80
McVay’s guilty verdict and, 378
Fortin, Verlin, 27, 33
in the ocean, 197, 229
Fouts, Bill, 281
Franklin, USS, 5, 20–22, 45, 108, 117
Freeze, Howard:
death of, 224, 284, 305
in the ocean, 195–96, 209, 212
French, Jimmy, 249
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 142–43
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 162
French, USS, 285, 306
Furman, Robert, 110, 297–99
atomic bomb deployment and, 298–99
atomic bomb test and, 200
atomic bomb transport mission and, 66–69, 72, 75, 94–97, 100–101, 104–5, 112, 192, 200–201, 237, 299, 307–8
Indianapolis survivors visited by, 307–8
and Leslie Groves, 48-50, 65-67, 201
Nazi atomic bomb program and, 47–50, 65–66
Pentagon construction and, 48–49
and sinking of Indianapolis, 299
Tinian stay of, 200–201
U.S. atomic bomb program and, 49–50, 64–66, 201
Gaither, Forest M., 28–29, 168
Gause, Bob, 266, 302, 389
Germany, Nazi Germany, 9, 52, 298
atomic bomb program of, 47–49, 65–66
defeat of, 56
postwar aims for, 95–96
Gibson, Buck:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 76
Japanese air attacks and, 32, 76
in the ocean, 196–97, 201, 206–7, 210–11, 229, 232–33, 421
rescues and, 284–85
sharks and, 229, 232
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 196–97
Gibson, Stuart, 114, 121
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316–17, 322
