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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; New edition edition (1 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553813609
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553813609
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 255,879 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The USS Indianapolis was the last ship sunk during World War II. Savaged by a salvo of torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, the warship, one of the fastest in the US Navy, sank in a matter of minutes. One thousand two hundred men went into the water, and only 321 were to survive. This is their story. The Indianapolis was captained by the dashing and charismatic Captain Butler McVay, and his story is a tragic one. For a captain to lose his ship in combat is perhaps the hardest blow, but McVay was doubly marked, as he was held responsible for the loss and court-martialled - the only naval captain ever to be court-martialled for the sinking of his ship. Twenty years after the Indianapolis went to the bottom, tormented by the experience and the resentment of many of the families of those who lost their lives in the disaster, he took his own life. Those who also survived maintain that there was nothing he could have done to prevent the disaster, and continue to campaign to clear the captain's name. This book is also his story.


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On 30 July 1945 the USS Indianapolis was steaming through the South Pacific, on her way home having delivered the bomb that was to decimate Hiroshima seven days later, when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of a crew of 1196 men an estimated 300 were killed upon impact; the remaining 900 sailors went into the sea. Undetected for five days, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, only 317 men were left alive.

Interweaving the stories of some of these survivors, Doug Stanton brings this incredible human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a near-forgotten chapter in the history of the last war, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars In Harm's Way will take you there!, 3 May 2001
By Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Hardcover)
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis & the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. In July of 1945, the cruiser USS Indianapolis set out from San Francisco with a secret & dangerous cargo, headed for Tinian, a distant South Pacific island. With a record-breaking run to Hawaii & then on to Guam for fuel & fresh supplies, she delivered her load with no notable incidents.

For this child of an island nation, who cut her teeth on plane & ship silhouettes & sang the Seaman's Hymn in school chapel; who never tasted a fresh orange or banana; who lived on reconstituted eggs & milk & learned to count with ration books. For this little sister who heard older brothers' incessantly talk of The War. For this daughter who listened to her father's memories of the War to End All Wars & who, with the entire family, heard the BBC Radio broadcasts of the battles on land, in the sea & in the air - In Harm's Way touched me as only naval sagas can.

This is an astonishing read - which starts with the end of an old tar's life & then tells the story of one venerable ship upon which President Franklin Roosevelt had sailed to South America; of her mostly young crew with a sprinkling of seasoned hands & her captain, a scion from a naval tradition & her most secret mission. Through the memories of three particular crew members & the researching of hundreds of documents, this author unearths the accidents & snafus that cast the Indy's fate as she island-hopped across the Pacific.

There were 1,196 souls aboard the USS Indianapolis, many sleeping on deck, a handful incarcerated in the brig, a few in the infirmary. The cooks & dishwashers had finished their work & were at last also off duty. Captain Butler McVay went through his usual routine & headed for his watch bunk.

Unbeknownst to the US Navy & the high-level secret agents that covered the Pacific war zone, young Lieutenant Commander Hashimoto, captain of the <I>I-58</I> submarine, was prowling the same waters looking for trouble. Early one evening, his sonar man picked up a noise that was coming closer. Hashimoto ordered his submarine to surface & couldn't believe his luck when they caught a bearing on a possible enemy ship.

At 12:05 A.M. on July 30, 1945 all hell broke loose aboard the USS Indianapolis.

Interweaving the stories of three survivors - the captain, the ship's doctor, & a young marine - journalist Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is both immediate & timeless. As the definitive account of a little-known chapter in World War II history, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic tale of war, survival & extraordinary courage.

I learnt so much about the war in the Pacific - how it was fought, survived, its final submission & the attitude of a nation eager to be done with war. A remarkably lively, respectful & detailed read that breathes life back into a dusty tragedy of naval snafus, bureaucratic complacency & eventual punitive actions.

It is, however, the valor & tenacity of every one of those souls who died & survived that earns the respect of this child of war!

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5.0 out of 5 stars live the nightmare, 13 Aug 2003
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In Harms way is a detailed and gripping account of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis On the 30th of July 1945. The ship sank after being torpedoed by a Japanse submarine and was engulfed by the merky pacific ocean within 12 minuits of being hit. Doug Stanton tells the horrific story of the brave men left to the mercy of the cold ocean after watching their ship capsising. Close to 900 men were tosed into the pacific to witness and endure gut-wrenching shark attacks and physical and mental exhaustion, before accidentally being dicovered. This heartbreaking account will grap you and pull you into the nightmare. definately a must read book!!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating + frightening, 11 Jul 2001
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like most people i know of the USS Indianappolis from Quints speech in Jaws. I saw this book and remembered the speech and the godawful film staring john boy walton. the book looks a little hyped and glossy but it is a thrilling read and very character driven. the build up to the torpedoing is riviting, the description of the ship and life on board thoroughly engrossing. once torpedo'ed the book wains a little. the sections in the water are terrifying but they are so brief. i'm not saying i wanted gore and guts but since the main part of the story is the 4 days in the water i expected a little more. nonetheless it is a gripping story - excellently told and heartbreaking in parts. the end is a little patriotic but given the subject matter that it more then forgivable. the image that will haunt you is the pilots view downwards of the survivors with hundreds of sharks circling them below.
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