Going Down With the Ship

Introduction

The Ship

The Captain

The Effort

The Pictures

Sources

Museum
Home

 


Sources


Alvarez, Lizette. “A Boy’s School Project Aims to Revise History.” New York Times 1 May 1998.

“Cruiser Lost in Pacific: 3 District Area Men Reported Missing on USS Indianapolis.” Washington Post 16 Aug. 1945: 1A.

“Cruiser Sunk, 1,196 Casualties; Took Atom Bomb Cargo to Guam.” New York Times 15 Aug. 1945: 1A.

Helm, Thomas. Ordeal By Sea. Binghamton: Vail-Ballou Press, 1963.

Landsberg, Morrie. “Cruiser Indianapolis Sunk.” Washington Post 15 Aug. 1945: 1A.

Newcomb, Richard F. Abandon Ship! New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

United States. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Subsequent Court Martial of Rear Adm. Charles B. McVay III. 106th Cong., 2nd sees. Washington: GPO, 1999.

U.S.S. Indianapolis CA-35. 2002. <http://ussindianapolis.org>

Acknowledgements:

I would like to thank the kind people who run the website http://www.ussindianapolis.org

Not only did their site contribute greatly to my exhibit, they are continuing the effort to clear Captain McVay. If you would like to help in the effort, you can write to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy.

President Bush can be addressed (Dear Mr. President) at The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500. You can write to the Secretary of the Navy (Dear Mr. Secretary) at The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301.

 

This exhibit was researched and designed by Edward Pincar, Jr.

This exhibit and museum were created during an introductory seminar on the Asia-Pacific War, taught at Wake Forest University during the spring semester 2002.

The material and opinions are those of their respective authors and do not represent the views of the University or the Department of History.