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OsceolaS175


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I have read a few about the Indy and her traggic end. THe first was "Abandon Ship". I am trying to complie a list of the tittles so any help will be welcome.

1- "Abandon Ship"
2- "In Harms Way"
3- "All the Drowned Sailors"

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Rusty

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There is also two books for younger readers:

Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice (the story of the young boy Hunter Scott's work to exhonorate Captain McVay) by Peter Nelson

and

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Marc Tyler Nobleman

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Almost forgot two others...

Ordeal by Sea by Thomas Helm
Only 317 Survived (compilation of essays by survivors)

And also the TV docu-drama "Misson of the Shark" available on DVD now.

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Thanks I will add them to my list. I have seen some others but can't remember the titles.
Rusty

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Here are some more:

Only 317 Survived! by the Survivors of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Abandon Ship by Richard Newcomb
In Harms Way by Doug Stanton
Goodbye Indy Maru by Katherine D. Moore
Ordeal by Sea by Thomas Helm
Those in Peril on the Sea by L. Peter Wren
We Were There by L. Peter Wren
I Was No Hero by Bob Jackson
Left For Dead by Pete Nelson with preface by Hunter Scott
All The Drowned Sailors by Raymond B. Lech
Fatal Voyage by Dan Kurzman
Out of the Depths by Edgar Harrell, USMC/Survivor with preface by Oliver North
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Sunk by Mochitsura Hashimoto

There are more, but I haven't updated my list in a few years. But these are must-read for Indy historians. Regards.

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