Ever since my retirement from United Airlines, I started to study different events that had occurred in history in general. Just to mention a few events, I have studied the sinking of the Titanic and then I went on and studied about the Holocaust. Over Christmas, I was at my son's home and as everyone was speaking in other rooms, I got comfortable in the den and turned on the TV thinking that I may find something to kill the time. I came upon the movie, "Jaws," and the movie was at the part where the old sea Captain, named Quint and played by Robert Shaw, was telling the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. I had at one time been briefly told this story by my Dad, but never really sunk my teeth into it, so I decided that night while watching the movie that I needed to find out more about this event.
I bought a book by a survivor, Edgar Harrell, who is a Marine and was onboard the ship during the sinking of the ship. His book tells the story about the sinking of the ship and the story thereafter. WOW!! It's a book that I just couldn't put down. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is really into history. Just to get you started, I found this story from Edgar Harrell on YouTube. I think that if you take the time to watch this video, you may want to purchase his book. Absolutely amazing in so many ways. The title of the book is, "Out of the Depths."
Anyone that starts to listen to this man’s story, probably will not be able to stop it.
I bought a book by a survivor, Edgar Harrell, who is a Marine and was onboard the ship during the sinking of the ship. His book tells the story about the sinking of the ship and the story thereafter. WOW!! It's a book that I just couldn't put down. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is really into history. Just to get you started, I found this story from Edgar Harrell on YouTube. I think that if you take the time to watch this video, you may want to purchase his book. Absolutely amazing in so many ways. The title of the book is, "Out of the Depths."
Anyone that starts to listen to this man’s story, probably will not be able to stop it.
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