The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
In July 1945 hundreds of US sailors were left adrift for days in shark infested waters
Witness History: World War Two history · BBC World Service
July 30, 20139m 3s
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Show Notes
In the last days of World War II, an American warship, the USS Indianapolis, was torpedoed in the Pacific. For days, no one came to the survivors' rescue. Left adrift in shark-infested waters, hundreds of sailors died. We hear from Loel Dean Cox one of the few who survived.
(Photo: Last rites for a crew member held by ship mates and men from the US base Peleliu) (Credit: TopFoto)