Sinking of USS Indianapolis event
also: USS Indianapolis, this ship
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U.S. Navy framed
Sinking of USS Indianapolis host_asserted
“went to Japan and got the submarine commander to tell the Navy that he wasn't zigzagging. It didn't fucking matter if he zigzagged. They were close enough to him that they could not have missed the ship. They sunk the Navy's ship and then t…”
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James Forrestal covered_up
Sinking of USS Indianapolis book_quoted
“the Navy in the closing of World War II and then the demobilization as it occurred. And he's also over a whole bunch of the different things that happens in the aftermath of World War II, one of which was the court-martialing of the command…”
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If you ever read the story about the USS Indianapolis and them being left out to dry after they dropped off the nuclear armaments and was told to go join the fleet in the Pacific Ocean and they got torpedoed, the U.S. Navy brought the subma…
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that had sunk his ship and left them out there for a week to die. And every night they had a shark attack and lost several people of the ones that managed to survive. They huddled together every night for four or five nights with the outer …
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went to Japan and got the submarine commander to tell the Navy that he wasn't zigzagging. It didn't fucking matter if he zigzagged. They were close enough to him that they could not have missed the ship. They sunk the Navy's ship and then t…
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the Navy in the closing of World War II and then the demobilization as it occurred. And he's also over a whole bunch of the different things that happens in the aftermath of World War II, one of which was the court-martialing of the command…
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And all of the people on the ship of the USS Indianapolis, which for those of you who don't know, was the ship that left. This is a horrific story. There was a ship that was in port for major modifications in California. And they were assig…
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There were two people on board that knew what the mission was. Everybody else had no clue, to include the captain. And the captain of the USS Indianapolis was sent on a mission with no accompanying ships, none. So he's going into a hostile …
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where he was supposed to. Then he's told to go join the fleet, which is way the hell away from where he's at. And on the way there, there is every expectation that this was another USS Liberty, that the Japanese ship that torpedoed the USS …
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One of which was the ship captain. So after the war, after they sent this man on a mission, they didn't even tell him what the hell it was. And they had a brand new crew because his crew had been transferred to another ship to go out on a c…
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He goes out, he delivers the cargo without a hitch. He's then sent into hostile waters with no escorts, no subs, no nothing. And a Japanese torpedo ship sub comes up and torpedoes the ship. And it's my belief that they believed that everybo…
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After several days where these people have been floating in the water, every night they've got their arms around each other. They huddle together on the few things that are keeping them afloat. And every night the outer ring of the people g…
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And they are finally rescued. Well, the Navy, in court-martialing this survivor from this horrific bullshit mission, they find him guilty and basically take his, I think he had a line number for flag officer. They make him retire. And they …
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that launched the torpedo at him to kill him to testify in his court-martial for the Navy prosecution. So on the anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, all of the family members would write to this ship captain and accuse him o…
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Japanese commander as a witness at his trial tells you a lot. And being a senior officer myself, there were incidents that happened within my command. And I just can't even imagine being a wartime commander and being left to hang out to dry…
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That said, oh, my God, how did this get missed? Where's this ship at? And started making phone calls so they couldn't ignore it not existing anymore. And then finally, someone had to go try to find the USS Indianapolis. And that's when they…
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changed things and but very dangerous because of what you were talking about um because there was other people that didn't want that to happen and i think what you're talking about um um what was the ship again was it the indianapolis the i…