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Video poem about the USS Indianapolis by Bob Welsh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqykFf-6NYg
 
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Quinn says it happened in June...




I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
 
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Quinn is mistaken.
 
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Quinn may be inaccurate, but that's the best scene in Jaws. Watch the expression on Dreyfuss' face.


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Quinn may be inaccurate, but that's the best scene in Jaws.

Indeed, one of the best scenes ever period. I love "I'll never put on a life jacket again."

*and his name is Quint, which I'm not sure I ever knew.

Anyways, the thread is about the USS Indianapolis and what an amazing story. 2 weeks later, war's over.



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Yep... Quint. And apology for slight thread drift. The treatment of Captain McVey after the sinking was inexcusable


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Just don't watch the Nicholas Cage movie.


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what an amazing story. 2 weeks later, war's over.


The war was over 2 weeks later specifically because of the Indianapolis.

On July 26th, 4 days prior to their sinking, they had delivered a load of atomic bomb parts and enriched uranium to Tinian.

Those components were used to assemble "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th.
 
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what an amazing story. 2 weeks later, war's over.


The war was over 2 weeks later specifically because of the Indianapolis.

On July 26th, 4 days prior to their sinking, they had delivered a load of atomic bomb parts and enriched uranium to Tinian.

Those components were used to assemble "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th.

oh yeah?



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...Those components were used to assemble "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th.


Did another ship deliver parts for "Fat Man>?" dropped on Nagasaki? If so, it's been overshadowed by the Indianapolis sinking.
 
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...Those components were used to assemble "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th.


Did another ship deliver parts for "Fat Man>?" dropped on Nagasaki? If so, it's been overshadowed by the Indianapolis sinking.


Most of "Fat Man" was assembled stateside, then flown on a B-29 to Tinian. The plutonium core and initiator were flown to Tinian on a separate C-54 transport plane.
 
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If you ever want to read about it, get the book "In Harm's Way," I highly recommend it.

It's enough to make a grown man weep reading about the hardships those men went through. . .



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I enjoy that scene...Very well done and very powerful.

I had an Uncle who had to abandon ship during the battle of The Coral Sea....He said they lost some men to sharks. I couldn't imagine the terror and helplessness of being in that situation.
 
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There is a new book out on the Indianapolis sinking. I thought it was well written. Last year the wife and I went to Texas to watch the O's play the Rangers. At the airport for the trip home I met Cleatus Lebow, who was a survivor of the sinking and is quoted several times in the new book.


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What's the new book? I have 3-4 books on the Indy, but only read In Harm's Way so far. . .



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Doesn't matter how accurate the story is... that is still one of the best scenes ever in a movie. Robert Shaw nailed it.


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Quinn is mistaken.


Robert Shaw reportedly was so drunk filming this scene that if he said “1918” it wouldn’t have surprised anyone.
 
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