Rich Lowry: The immortal Indianapolis
The worst disaster in the history of the United States Navy only began with the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.Three hundred men died in the initial catastrophe on July 30, 1945, then the survivors cast into the sea suffered unimaginable horrors, abandoned for days without food or water in shark-infested waters.The new book "Indianapolis" is a bestseller, a testament not just to its novelistic style, but the enduring fascination with the tragedy.Another book published about 15 years ago, "In Ha
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