Thank you so much for the post MarshaM. Sadly, Dr McCoy passed away a few years ago. He was a wonderful man, and very instrumental in contacting all the survivors and organizing the very first survivors reunion, and was chairman of their organization for many many years. A very kind and thankful man, indeed. He and the other survivors always spoke to highly of the sailors on the rescue ships that gave them such great care and attention. It was never forgotten. My father was a survivor as well, and he spoke of that often. As far as the older survivor, there's a chance that may have been Thomas Goff. He is one of the gentlemen that I recall being older than most. He lived to see his 100th birthday and passed away Here is a link to an article about him. Perhaps the name will ring a bell to your friend. The article also mentions Dr McCoy, and I am attaching his obituary also.

Obituary of Tom Goff: alt.obituaries.narkive.com/tWvYLH9o/tom-goff-100-oldest-survivor-from-the-sinking-of-the-uss-indianapolis-dies
Obituary of Giles McCoy: www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx
Oral history of Giles McCoy: memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.02879/transcript

Thank you so much for your interest i the story and for helping Jon gather more information. I wish I had more information for you!

If you would like - our Organization USS Indianapolis CA-35 Second Watch has a Facebook page (by the same name) and we post information and stories about the ship as it comes our way. We are a group of the next generation of the final sailing crew, both those that survived and those lost at sea.