by Lynn Vincent
and proposed invasion of Japan, 66, 72, 89–90
repairing Indianapolis and, 73
sinking Indianapolis and, 333
Spruance’s relationship with, 8–9, 14
U.S. atomic bomb program and, 66, 72
Nolan, James:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 65, 67–69, 72, 75, 94, 96, 100–101, 104–5, 110–12, 200
Tinian stay of, 200–201
Normandy, D-Day landing in, 9
North, Oliver, 437
Northover, R. C., 117–18, 120–21
Nunley, Troy, 27
Japanese air attacks and, 33–34
rescue of, 282
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 149
O’Donnell, Jimmy:
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 437
McVay’s court-martial and, 292–93
as missing in action, 314
rescue of, 279–80
O’Donnell, Mary, 292–93, 314
Ogawa, Katsushi, 81–83, 85
Okinawa, Battle of Okinawa, 12, 72, 80, 103, 106–7, 116, 118–19, 123, 134, 138, 180, 273, 336, 393, 420
casualties at, 100, 220
Hashimoto and, 41–42, 44–45, 59, 319
Japanese air attacks and, 99, 148–49, 225, 380
McVay’s court-martial and, 367
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91–92
stormy weather in, 219, 429
U.S. bombardment of, 9, 23, 26–27, 41, 45, 99
U.S. invasion of, 6, 11, 18, 27, 35, 37, 41
Zanpa beach and, 28
Oklahoma, USS, 27
Oldendorf, Jesse, 114, 331
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 123, 334
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 334, 336–37
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
Omaha, USS, 83
Only 317 Survived (Murphy), 438
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 65
atomic bomb test and, 67–68
atomic bomb transport mission and, 67, 69
Nazi atomic bomb program and, 50
Oregon, USS, 329
Orr, John:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 164, 169–70, 172, 305
Indianapolis’s last known position and, 166
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 152–54, 158, 282
Outland, Felton:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 285
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 390–92
in the ocean, 190–91, 198, 215, 286, 390–91
rescues and, 284–85, 286
return home of, 390–91
Outland, Viola, 390–92
Out of the Depths (Harrell and Harrell), 438
Owen, Dorothy Josey, 379–81, 421
Pace, Curtis:
in the ocean, 201–2, 212, 239
rescues and, 282, 284–85
Palau Islands, 116, 119, 133–34, 232, 330, 336, 348, 393
Gwinn’s flyover and, 240, 245
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 250, 252
McVay’s court-martial and, 367
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91–92
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 365
Parke, Edward:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 75–76, 192
death of, 305, 323
in the ocean, 192–93, 198, 202, 210, 216, 221, 238, 323
rescue operations and, 285
and violence among survivors, 238
Paroubek, Richard:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 108–10
McVay’s exoneration and, 405, 422
in the ocean, 202–3
rescue of, 282
Parsons, Bob, 220
Parsons, William “Deak”:
atomic bomb assembly and, 71
atomic bomb deployment and, 219–20, 298
atomic bomb transport mission and, 68, 70, 72, 200, 219, 324
Paul, Jack, 274
Payne, Edward, 215
Pearl Harbor, 2, 46, 84, 89, 99, 102–3, 117, 119, 133, 144, 179, 289, 447
atomic bomb transport mission and, 73, 110
attack on, 8–9, 14, 16, 24, 59, 74, 113, 180, 251, 336, 362–63, 408
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 203–6
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 333
Peleliu, 297, 307, 324
Gwinn’s flyover and, 240
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 250–51, 253–58, 260, 264, 280, 286, 303, 310
Pena, Santos:
Celaya’s relationship with, 30–31
Indianapolis’s damages and, 149
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 132, 145
in the ocean, 174, 194, 227
rescue of, 280
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 149, 173–74
Pentagon:
construction of, 48–49
see also Defense Department, U.S.
Petrel, 443–47
Philippine Islands, 9, 14, 28, 101, 103, 107–8, 116, 121–23, 151, 271, 330, 428–29
enemy sub contact and, 125, 136
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 234, 338
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 121, 123, 135
and Indianapolis survivors in the ocean, 235
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91–92
Philippine Sea, 79, 90–92, 98, 103, 106, 113–17, 115, 119, 122, 393, 429–30
enemy sub contact and, 129, 132–33, 135–36, 316, 365, 371
Gwinn’s flight over, 239–42, 244–45
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 253
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 117, 121, 129, 132–43, 145, 147, 206
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 331–32, 334, 342–43, 371
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 254, 256, 272–79
Indianapolis survivors in, 191–92, 201–3, 220–27, 231–33
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 2, 305
Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 104
Philippine Sea Frontier (and PHILSEAFRON), 90, 114–15, 121, 129–33, 253, 256, 316–17, 331–34, 365, 371, 429–30
Phillips, Aulton Newell, 326
Pilling, Don:
McVay’s court-martial and, 426–28
McVay’s exoneration and, 409–19, 423, 426–27, 430, 432, 437
Toti’s relationship with, 290, 397, 401, 409–10, 426–27, 430
Pole, Basil P., 25–26
Popham, William S., 344
Potsdam conference, 95–96
Potsdam Declaration, 110, 118–19, 299–300, 304, 308, 315
Price, James “Denny,” 207, 211–12, 229
Procai, Earl, 19–20, 34–36, 38
Proceedings, 397–401, 410, 414, 426
Purnell, William:
atomic bomb deployment and, 219–20
atomic bomb transport mission and, 68, 70–73, 103–4, 219, 324
enemy sub contacts and, 324–25
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 324–25, 366
Quihuis, Mike, 10, 29–32, 51
Rau, Carl, 130–31
Reagan, Ronald, 84, 292
Redfield, Heman, 344
Redmayne, Richard:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 174–75
atomic bomb transport mission and, 102–3
and Blum’s search for help, 232
enemy sub contact and, 139, 345, 353, 355
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 139
injuries of, 174, 194
McVay’s court-martial and, 353, 355
in the ocean, 175, 194, 196, 198, 207–8, 211, 215–16, 222, 226–27, 231–32, 237, 265, 279, 425
rescue operations and, 265, 280, 285
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 164, 167–68
Register, USS, 280–82 284
 
; Reid, John, 356–57
Renoe, William, 117–18
Rhoten, Roy Edward, 326
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The (Coleridge), 210
Rineay, Francis H., 282, 284
Ringness, USS, 247, 280–86, 284, 323
Roberts, Norman, 174, 388
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 155–56, 161–62
Rogers, Edith, 379
Rogers, Ross, Jr., 357
Roller, Kim, 447
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1–2
and dancing on Indianapolis’s decks, 1, 19
death of, 52, 65
Roosevelt, Theodore, 28
Ruark, Robert, 360
Run Silent, Run Deep (Beach), 82
Ryan, Thomas J.:
enemy sub contact and, 351–52
Hashimoto’s testimony and, 361–62, 364, 368
McVay’s court-martial and, 339–40, 342, 344–47, 351–52, 354–58, 361–62, 364, 368–69, 371, 374–77, 431
Ryukyu Islands, 35, 91, 98, 122, 219
Saipan, 11, 52, 103–4, 106, 119, 300, 336
Indianapolis survivor rescue and, 248
U.S. capture of, 104, 111, 113
Salt Lake City, USS, 27–28
Samar, 91, 280
Sancho, Jules, 114, 123, 343, 380
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316–17, 322
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 234, 316–17, 322, 325
San Francisco Challenger, 55–56
Saratoga, USS, 27
Sasebo, 6, 79, 81, 390
Scarborough, Joe, 403–6
Schmidt, Harry, 104
Scott, Hunter, 2, 401–8
Indianapolis’s distress signals and, 429
McVay’s exoneration and, 402–8, 410, 412, 415–16, 418, 421–23, 426–27
research on Indianapolis of, 403–5
Scott, R. D., 398–99, 401–2
McVay’s court-martial and, 291–93, 398
McVay’s exoneration and, 412
Sedivi, Alfred, 39–40
Senate, U.S., 291–93, 379, 435–37
Senate Armed Services Committee of, 402–3, 407–11, 414–28, 430–32, 435, 437
Shearer, Harold, 212, 224–25, 227, 243–44
Sheperd, Jordan, 125, 128, 130
Shikoku, 18, 20, 91
Shitamachi, 59
“Sinking of USS Indianapolis and the Responsibilities of Command, The” (Toti), 398–99, 401, 410, 414, 426
Smedburg, William:
enemy sub contact and, 89, 92, 107, 312, 330–33
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330–32
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 203, 332–33
Smith, Allan, 359–60
Smith, Bob, 2, 402–3
amending McVay’s service record and, 436
McVay’s court-martial and, 427–28, 430–32
McVay’s exoneration and, 405–9, 415–16, 419, 422–23, 425–28, 430–31, 435–36
Pilling’s testimony and, 426–28
Smith, Cozell:
injuries of, 229
in the ocean, 197–98, 206–7, 211–12, 238–39
rescues and, 258, 282, 284
sharks and, 206–7, 211, 229
Smith, Frances M. “Smitty,” 28–29, 168
Smith, James, 261, 265–66
Smook, Malcolm, 272–73, 277
Snyder, Charles P.:
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 329–37, 342, 347, 367
McVay’s court-martial and, 334–35, 342–44, 368
Solomon Islands, 6, 28, 340, 393, 437
Soviet Union, 95–96, 118, 304
Spaatz, Carl “Tooey,” 298–99
Spanish–American War, 8, 27
Spinelli, John, 181, 199, 421
Spooner, Miles, 388
in the ocean, 189, 218–19, 235–36
rescue of, 263–66
Spruance, Raymond, 1–2, 5–11, 19n, 20, 51, 73–75, 91, 116–17, 336, 385
atomic bomb transport mission and, 95
and capture of Guam, 116
and capture of Saipan, 104, 111
and capture of Tinian, 109
crew’s relationship with, 8–10
demeanor of, 8–10, 40
and fighting at Betio, 39–40
Indianapolis’s damages and, 35, 40
Indianapolis’s Kerama anchorage and, 39–40
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 113, 116, 123, 138
Indianapolis’s repairs and, 73
Indianapolis survivors visited by, 302
and invasion of Marianas, 104
Iwo Jima and, 7, 99
Japanese air attacks and, 5, 21, 35, 117
Kyushu invasion proposal and, 117
McVay’s relationship with, 8
Moore’s relationship with, 40
Nimitz’s relationship with, 8–9, 14
Okinawa and, 9, 11, 37, 41, 116
Pearl Harbor attack and, 8–9
Tarawa and, 105–6
Yamato’s defeat and, 46
Squalus, USS, 124
Stadtilm, 47, 50, 65
Stalin, Joseph, 95–96, 110
Stamm, Florian, 237
Stauffer, Edward, 153, 326
Stephens, Richard, 237
Stimson, Henry, 65, 71, 95–96
Stone, E. E., 333
Stout, Ken:
atomic bomb transport mission and, 108
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 126–27, 134–35
Sturtevant, Elwyn:
abandoning Indianapolis and, 171–72
enemy sub contact and, 139
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 138–39
Sturtevant, Elwyn (cont.)
in the ocean, 172, 209
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 157–58, 165
Sullivan, John, 344
Sunk (Hashimoto), 82
Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, 118
Suzuki, Kantaro-, 13
Japanese surrender and, 118, 300, 308–9
peace negotiations and, 46
Szilard, Leo, 66
Tacloban, 114–15, 126, 429
Indianapolis’s nonarrival and, 234
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 121, 123, 322
Ralph Talbot, USS, 264, 276, 282, 284–85
Tarawa, 39, 105–6
Terry, Robert, 217, 257–58
Theiss, Paul S., 344
Thelen, Dick, 389
discovering Indianapolis’s wreckage and, 446
Indianapolis survivors’ reunions and, 392
McVay’s court-martial and, 292
McVay’s exoneration and, 405, 416
in the ocean, 217, 257–58, 416
rescues and, 257–58, 282, 285, 392
sharks and, 258
Thelen, JoAnne, 392
Theriault, Harold J., 256, 272–73, 276–77
Thorpe, Everett, 140, 142, 149, 173
Tibbets, Paul, 201, 220, 298–99
Tinian Island, 11, 117, 127, 219–20
Allied capture of, 109
atomic bomb deployment and, 298–300, 304
atomic bomb transport mission and, 66, 68–69, 72–73, 75, 80, 90, 103–5, 108–13, 140, 194, 200, 219, 293, 299, 301, 307
Furman’s stay on, 200–201
stormy weather and, 219
Todd, Donald, 280–81
To-go-, Shigenori, 13
Japanese surrender and, 110, 118–19, 300, 308
Tokyo, 11–12, 12, 23
earthquakes in, 339
Japanese surrender and, 119
U.S. bombardment of, 14, 59, 299–300, 309
Tolman, Richard, 50
Toti, Karen, 84, 289–90, 415, 418, 426
Toti, William, 2, 79–85, 397–401
amending McVay’s service record and, 436–37
in attempting to meet with Hashimoto, 82–83, 85
deactivating Indianapolis (SSN-697), 179–82
discovering Indianapoli
s’s wreckage and, 445–46
and Indianapolis’s awards and honors, 79–80, 84–85, 179–82
and Indianapolis memorial, 79–81,
Indianapolis’s survivors and, 84, 179–82, 289–90, 397–98, 437
McVay’s court-martial and, 83, 289–93, 398–400, 410, 414
McVay’s exoneration and, 182, 289–93, 397–400, 402, 409–19, 423–24, 426–27, 430, 432, 436–37
Pilling’s relationship with, 290, 397, 401, 409–10, 426–27, 430
speeches of, 180–81
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 289–91, 293, 398
Toyoda, Soemu, 12
Trinity test, 67–68, 95, 200
Truman, Harry S., 328
atomic bomb deployment and, 304
atomic bomb program and, 65–66, 72
atomic bomb test and, 95–96
and end of war, 320
Japanese surrender and, 96, 110, 300, 315
McVay’s court-martial and, 378–79
Okinawa and, 72
and proposed invasion of Japan, 72
Roosevelt’s death and, 52
Tucker, Forrest, 234
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 37, 104
Twible, Harlan:
and Blum’s search for help, 232
and Indianapolis court of inquiry, 316
McVay’s court-martial and, 369
McVay’s exoneration and, 420, 425
in the ocean, 194, 208, 211, 226, 232, 237, 265, 425
Twiggs, USS, 35
Typhoon Eva, 219
Ugaki, Matome:
death of, 318–20
Japanese surrender and, 318–19
kamikazes and, 12, 22–25, 45
Okinawa and, 23
Yamamoto’s relationship with, 23–24
Ulithi, 111, 119, 232, 393
ULTRA:
enemy sub contact and, 89–92, 103, 107, 116, 120, 129, 133–34, 247, 326, 366–67, 371
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 120, 312
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 347–48
McVay’s court-martial and, 343
McVay’s exoneration and, 406, 414, 431
and proposed invasion of Japan, 91–92
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 203, 247, 326, 365
Umenhoffer, Lyle, 27, 33, 37, 388
atomic bomb transport mission and, 111
honoring of, 182
hospitalization of, 306–7
injuries of, 266
in the ocean, 229–31, 262–63, 307
rescue operations and, 262–63, 266
sharks and, 229–30
Underhill, USS, 106–7, 118
sinking of, 107, 116, 129, 326, 330, 337, 347–48
United Kingdom, 9, 16, 28, 95–96, 110
heavy cruiser race and, 19
Japanese surrender and, 118
Nazi atomic bomb program and, 48
Ushijima, Mitsuru, 23
USS Indianapolis Combat Training Pool, 179–80
Van Meter, Joseph, 282
Van Metre, Thomas, 330–33, 335, 340, 344, 365, 371–73, 414
Van Wilpe, Bill, 273, 276–79