I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
July 30, 2018, 10:44 AM
ohioup
Quinn is mistaken.
July 30, 2018, 01:44 PM
YooperSigs
Quinn may be inaccurate, but that's the best scene in Jaws. Watch the expression on Dreyfuss' face.
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July 30, 2018, 01:58 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs: 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.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
July 31, 2018, 12:02 AM
YooperSigs
Yep... Quint. And apology for slight thread drift. The treatment of Captain McVey after the sinking was inexcusable
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July 31, 2018, 12:21 AM
Gustofer
Just don't watch the Nicholas Cage movie.
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July 31, 2018, 10:01 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by YellowJacket: 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.
July 31, 2018, 10:19 AM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: 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?
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
July 31, 2018, 10:22 AM
Sigmund
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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
...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.
July 31, 2018, 11:00 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by Sigmund:
quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
...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.
July 31, 2018, 01:38 PM
Hound Dog
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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July 31, 2018, 03:50 PM
FN in MT
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.
July 31, 2018, 07:17 PM
BigCity
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.
John
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July 31, 2018, 10:04 PM
Hound Dog
What's the new book? I have 3-4 books on the Indy, but only read In Harm's Way so far. . .
Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
August 04, 2018, 08:28 AM
Blume9mm
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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August 04, 2018, 04:15 PM
FrankMoses
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Originally posted by ohioup: Quinn is mistaken.
Robert Shaw reportedly was so drunk filming this scene that if he said “1918” it wouldn’t have surprised anyone.