Left for dead : a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis / Peter Nelson ; with a preface by Hunter Scott.
2002
D774.I5 N35 2002 (Mapit)
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Left for dead : a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis / Peter Nelson ; with a preface by Hunter Scott.
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ISBN
0385729596
0385900333 (GLB)
0385730918 (pbk.)
0385900333 (GLB)
0385730918 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c2002.
Language
English
Description
xx, 201 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
D774.I5 N35 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/5973
Summary
Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.
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Table of Contents
Sailor
Boy
Background; the enemy
Men
Mission
Sinking
Ordeal
Rescue
Guilty
Court-martial
Price
Boy's crusade
Reckoning
Exoneration.
Boy
Background; the enemy
Men
Mission
Sinking
Ordeal
Rescue
Guilty
Court-martial
Price
Boy's crusade
Reckoning
Exoneration.