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Gr 8 Up—This often emotional presentation covers the horrific sinking of the USS Indianapolis as told in interviews with 104 survivors and their extended families. After delivering atomic bombs to the island of Tinian, the Indianapolis was dispatched to Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea without escort or instructions, and no one was informed of its pending arrival. On the early morning of July 30, 1945, the ship was sunk by six torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. As a result of the dereliction of duty by seve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More