by Lynn Vincent
Kemp, David P., Jr., 215
Kerama Islands, 35–40, 45–46, 51
Keyes, Edward, 153, 282
Keynote, Operation, 79, 81–82, 290
Kimmel, Husband, 336
King, A. C. “Tony,” 33, 154, 369
King, Ernest J., 40, 89, 116, 219, 428
atomic bomb transport mission and, 70
and capture of Saipan, 111
enemy sub contact and, 129
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 325, 335
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 325
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 329–36, 373
McVay’s court-martial and, 289, 326, 331, 334–35, 337–40, 342–44, 360, 367, 373, 380
and ULTRA, 332-33, 337, 343, 367
King, James, 207, 211–12
King, Sidney, 125–26, 128–29, 131
Kirkland, Marvin, 162
Kiselica, Joseph, 302, 388
Koegler, Albert and William, 326
Kraft, Robert, 443–44, 447
Krueger, Dale, 279
Kure, 8, 10–14, 42, 97, 121–22, 134, 364
Hashimoto’s Iwo Jima mission and, 11–14, 17–18
Hashimoto’s sub refits at, 59–60
U.S. bombardment of, 58
Kurlich, George, 199, 281
Kuryla, Mike, 422
McVay’s exoneration and, 405
in the ocean, 191, 215
rescue operations and, 284
Kurzman, Dan, 406
McVay’s exoneration and, 292, 412, 420, 424–25
Kyoto, 82–83, 122, 309
Kyushu, 6, 18, 22, 42
and proposed invasion of Japan, 72, 89–90, 117
stormy weather in, 219
U.S. attacks on, 7–8, 10, 98
La Guardia, Fiorello, 337
Lanter, Kenley:
in the ocean, 187, 195, 212, 224–25, 227–28, 244, 269, 421
rescue operations and, 269
Larcade, Henry D., Jr., 379
Lawrence, Commander, 342–43
Layton, Edwin, 107, 334, 372
Lebow, Cleatus, 28–29, 98, 163, 194, 389
atomic bomb transport mission and, 98–100
hospitalization of, 302
Iwo Jima and, 99–100
McVay’s exoneration and, 421
missing in action, 314
in the ocean, 269
Okinawa and, 99–100
rescues and, 258–59, 269, 280
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 168
Lebow, Minervia, 99–100, 302, 314
Lederer, Al, 281
Leenerman, Arthur “Art,” 266, 270–71
Lefebvre, Sonarman Second Class, 126, 128, 130
Lefkowitz, Irving, 251, 254–55, 260–61, 266
LeFrancis, Richard G., 151, 196
LeMay, Curtis, 59
Leyte, Leyte Gulf, 91–92, 114, 134, 167, 330, 336, 399, 414, 428–30
enemy sub contact and, 125, 366
Gwinn’s Philippine Sea flyover and, 245
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 234, 253, 310, 316–17, 322, 324–25, 333
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 9, 112–13, 116–21, 123, 126–27, 203–6, 211, 247, 310–11, 372
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 331–32, 334
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 247, 248–49, 252, 310
kamikaze attacks and, 5
McVay’s court-martial and, 343, 367
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 365
Linville, Harry, 388
Lipski, Stanley:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 104–5
death of, 202–3, 305, 345, 421
enemy sub contact and, 139
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 139, 142
injuries of, 153–54, 202
McVay’s court-martial and, 357
in the ocean, 202–3
sinking Indianapolis and, 299
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 153–54
Little Boy, 72, 200, 219, 293, 298–300, 307
Litz, Leo, 301
Lockwood, Charles A., 305, 309–10, 321
Lopez, Sam, 132, 163, 388
LST-779, 134, 247
Luddy, John, 403–5, 407
Lugar, Richard, 291
Lutz, Albert, 272–73
Luzon, 91–92, 103, 107, 169, 429
Luzon, USS, 28
MacArthur, Douglas, 9, 14, 40, 93–94, 151, 196, 330, 347, 388
McCall, Don, 302
atomic bomb transport mission and, 105
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 393
in the ocean, 209–10
rescue of, 280
Tarawa and, 105–6
McCall, Rita, 393
McCormick, Lynde D., 114
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 317, 321–22
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 113, 253, 317, 325–26
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 123, 322, 330
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330–33, 336
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
McCoy, Giles:
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 386–87, 391–92
McVay’s exoneration and, 421, 425
in the ocean, 191, 215, 286, 391
rescue operations and, 284, 286
McGinnis, Paul, 154, 285, 422
McGuiggan, Bob, 405, 421–22
Mack, Donald, 19, 57
abandoning Indianapolis and, 170
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 142–43
McVay’s court-martial and, 355
rescue operations and, 285
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 421
McKissick, Charles Brite, 139, 316
abandoning Indianapolis and, 351
enemy sub contact and, 135–36, 351–52, 355
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 135–36, 322
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330
McVay’s court-martial and, 350–53, 355
in the ocean, 236, 263, 350
rescues and, 249–50, 263, 265–66
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 351
McKlin, Hank, 163
McLendon, Roy, 283
McMorris, Charles “Soc,” 334, 336, 373
McNulty, James, 126, 128, 131
McVay, Charles B., Jr., 8, 27–28, 293, 334, 341, 380
McVay, Charles B., III, 5–8, 27–28, 41, 58, 64, 84, 182, 190, 236
abandoning Indianapolis and, 164, 166, 169–70, 285, 340–41, 356, 358, 369, 421
abandon-ship drills and, 104
allegations against, 289, 291–92, 340–41, 345–46, 355–56, 358, 372, 406, 414, 426, 430–31
amending service record of, 436–37, 439
atomic bomb transport mission and, 2, 68, 70–72, 74–75, 93–96, 99, 102–4, 108, 111–13, 219, 293, 324, 401
awards and honors of, 292, 323, 378, 380, 385, 426–27, 437
and casualties of Indianapolis, 36, 326–29, 345, 379–81, 401, 421
court-martial of, 83, 289–93, 323, 326, 331, 334–35, 337–47, 350–80, 385, 398–400, 402, 405–6, 410, 414–15, 423, 425–28, 430–32, 435–36
and crew in the ocean, 175, 185, 195, 198–99, 213–15, 222, 231, 243, 263, 267, 270, 280–81, 310, 321, 345, 355, 421, 430
and crew missing in action, 327
damage control training and, 97
death of, 400–401, 422
demeanor of, 6, 28, 63
dog tag of, 422
enemy sub contact and, 133, 344–45, 352, 366
exoneration of, 292–93, 400, 402–32, 435–39
firefighting training and, 96, 104
guilty verdict on, 378–80, 385, 399–400, 414, 423–24, 426
Hashimoto’s meeting with sons of, 85
Henry’s bird expertise and, 53–54
and Henry’s model of Indianapolis, 57
hospitalized survivors visited by, 302
; and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 305, 310–11, 316, 321–25, 367
Indianapolis’s damages and, 35–36
and Indianapolis’s departure from Keramas, 46
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 39
Indianapolis’s last known position and, 166–67, 247
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 297, 310
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 116–21, 123, 127, 129, 132–33, 135–37, 141–42, 203–6, 297, 310–11, 317, 322, 346, 372–73
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 331, 334, 342, 370, 414
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 385–87, 392–93
injuries of, 297
Japanese air attacks and, 5, 18, 20–21, 32, 35, 148, 155, 380, 388
Okinawa and, 27, 35, 148, 367, 380
press interviews of, 297, 301, 324, 379, 426
repairing Indianapolis and, 51, 57
rescues and, 263, 270, 280–83, 284–85, 297, 310, 323–24, 426
retirement of, 380–81, 385
Roosevelt’s death and, 52
sentence of, 380
sinking Indianapolis and, 166, 175, 281–82, 291–92, 301–2
speeches of, 392–93
Spruance’s relationship with, 8
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 148, 152–55, 164, 166–67, 282, 289–91, 293, 301, 322, 340, 398–99, 414, 421, 424–25, 427
U.S. atomic bomb program and, 65
Woolston’s introduction to, 62–63
McVay, Charles B., IV “Quatro,” 54, 85, 292, 386, 401, 406, 422, 437
McVay, Kimo Wilder, 54, 85, 386, 401, 406–7, 429
father’s exoneration and, 292, 407, 410, 415, 437–38
McVay, Louise Graham Claytor, 54, 56–57, 270–71, 323, 328
husband’s court-martial and, 344, 346
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 385–87
McVay, Vivian, 401
McWilliams, George, 301
Madison, USS:
Indianapolis rescue operations and, 264, 276, 280–81, 285
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 311
Maldonado, Aurora, 389
Maldonado, Salvador, 227, 389
Manhattan Engineering District, Manhattan Project, 47–50, 64–68, 71, 109, 220
Manila, 116, 151
Mare Island, Calif., 55, 58, 61, 70, 76, 104, 108, 117, 194, 230, 328, 340
atomic bomb transport mission and, 68, 237, 324, 446
Indianapolis’s departure from, 103
repairing Indianapolis and, 51, 54, 63
Mariana Islands, 11, 66, 73, 90, 98, 103, 107, 113–16, 115, 122, 151, 305, 348
enemy sub contact and, 91–92, 129, 133, 367, 370–71
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 121, 123, 312
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330–31, 334, 336
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 365
U.S. invasion of, 104
Marines, Marine Corps, U.S., 32, 51, 99, 403, 419
atomic bomb transport mission and, 69, 75–76, 94
casualties and, 36, 38–39, 305
and fighting at Betio, 39
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 145
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 385–86, 391
Iwo Jima and, 6–7, 26, 134
McVay’s court-martial and, 360, 363, 368–69
McVay’s exoneration and, 421
in Nagasaki, 338
in the ocean, 189–92, 210, 218, 221, 236
Okinawa and, 72
and proposed invasion of Japan, 94
rescues and, 263–64, 280, 284
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 151, 159, 162
and U.S. capture of Guam, 113–16
and welcome after rescue, 388
Markmann, Fred, 208, 226–27, 250
Marks, R. Adrian:
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 247, 250–52, 254–57, 259–70, 274, 283–86, 285, 328
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 387, 392
open-sea landing of, 259–61
sharks and, 257
Marshall Islands, 8, 336, 393
Matsunaga, Spark, 292
Maxwell, Bruce, 125
Mayer, Paul, 443, 446–47
Meyer, Tommy, 197
Meyer, William C.:
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 280n–81n, 281–83, 323
sinking Indianapolis and, 281–82
Midway, Battle of Midway, 9, 82
Mikolayek, Joseph, 212, 229
Milbrodt, Glen, 191, 284
Miller, Donald, 51
Miner, Jack, 429
abandoning Indianapolis and, 173
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 138
McVay’s exoneration and, 422
in the ocean, 211, 215
rescue of, 280
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 156–57, 167
Mires, Carl Emerson, 306
Missouri, USS, 19n, 447
Mitchell, Paul Boone, 163
Mitscher, Marc, 10, 27, 104
Modisher, Melvin, 35, 127
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132
McVay’s court-martial and, 369
in the ocean, 192–93, 202, 216
rescue of, 282
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 193
Monroney, Mike, 407, 415, 417–19, 425
Moore, Katherine, 61, 64, 328–29
atomic bomb transport mission and, 73
and end of war in Europe, 55
train trip of, 55–56
Moore, Kyle “Kasey,” 63–64, 448
atomic bomb transport mission and, 73, 75, 96–97, 101
damage control training and, 97
and damages to Indianapolis, 39–40, 73
death of, 243, 305, 328–29, 345
and end of war in Europe, 55
and fighting at Betio, 39–40
and Henry’s model of Indianapolis, 61
Henry’s relationship with, 52–53
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 39
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 121, 142
Japanese air attacks and, 39
repairing Indianapolis and, 64, 73
sinking Indianapolis and, 299
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 155, 160, 162
Moore, Mary, 55, 64, 329
Moran, J. J.:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 171–72
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 340
McVay’s court-martial and, 358
in the ocean, 172, 187, 195, 209, 212–13, 215–16, 224–25, 228
sharks and, 209
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 157, 165
Morgan, Eugene, 222–23
Morgan, Glenn, 18–20
abandoning Indianapolis and, 169–70, 172–73
affection for music of, 18–19
atomic bomb transport mission and, 94
bugle practice and, 20
and casualties of Indianapolis, 36–38
diary of, 37–38
fishing and, 228
honoring of, 181
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 37–39
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 136
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 437–40
Japanese air attacks and, 5–7, 34
McVay’s court-martial and, 289–90, 292–93
McVay’s exoneration and, 405
in the ocean, 172–73, 186–87, 195–96, 198, 208–9, 212–13, 224–25, 227–28, 243–44, 248, 269–70, 283, 389–90, 421
postwar activities of, 182
and proposed invasion of Japan, 94
rescues and, 248, 269–70, 283, 284
sharks and, 228
signaling mirrors and, 213, 248
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 149, 160–61
Morgan, Mertie Jo, 38, 57–58, 182, 186, 292�
��93, 405
Morris, Albert, 423
Mount Suribachi, 7, 26, 134
Muldoon, John, 199
Munson, Bryan C., 145
Murphy, Mary Lou, 182, 292–93, 438
McVay’s exoneration and, 293, 405, 417–18, 420–21, 432
Murphy, Paul, 28–29, 84, 98
honoring of, 182
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 438
Iwo Jima and, 99
McVay’s court-martial and, 289–90, 292–93
McVay’s exoneration and, 405, 415–19, 422–25, 432
in the ocean, 194, 416
postwar activities of, 182
rescue of, 280
sharks and, 404
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 163
Murray, George, 107, 115, 121, 365, 380
enemy sub contact and, 129, 367
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 305, 310–11, 317, 322, 324, 334, 367
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 123, 372–73
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 334, 336–37, 367
McVay’s court-martial and, 343–44
Mussolini, Benito, 52
Nagasaki, 6
atomic bomb dropped on, 304–9
U.S. Marines in, 338
Nakatsuru, Tatsuo, 319
Nansei Shoto, 103, 107
Naquin, Oliver F., 115, 123–24, 365, 380
enemy sub contact and, 107, 133, 136, 347–50, 366, 370–71
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 311–12, 317
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 118, 123, 133, 206, 311–12, 370, 372
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 347–50, 366, 370–71
McVay’s court-martial and, 366, 370–71
McVay’s exoneration and, 431
sinking Underhill and, 107, 347–48
and ULTRA, 107, 312, 317, 347–50, 365–67, 371, 431
USS Squalus, 124
Narushio, 81, 83
Nashville, USS, 330
Newcomb, Richard, 180, 385, 390–91
Abandon Ship, 180, 292, 385, 387, 471
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 387
McVay’s court-martial and, 292
Newcomb, Robert, 106–7
New Jersey, USS, 19n, 27
New Mexico, USS, 41, 46
New Orleans, USS, 124
New York Times, 39, 318, 324, 366
Nightingale, William:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 175
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 155–56, 160–64, 168
Nimitz, Chester, 40
and capture of Saipan, 111
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 304–5, 309, 323, 325
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 116
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 333–34, 336–37
McVay’s court-martial and, 323, 343, 380, 428
McVay’s exoneration and, 436
Okinawa and, 72
Pearl Harbor attack and, 8–9
