In Harm's Way: The Sinking Of The U.S.S. Indianapolis And The Extraordinary Story Of Its Survivors - Plot & Excerpts
—U.S. NAVY HYMN, Reverend William Whiting (1825—1878) Twenty-eight years after Captain McVay’s death, in response to a 1996 request for a new investigation by the survivors of the USS Indianapolis, the U.S. Navy’s judge advocate general delivered this pronouncement: “The conclusion reached is that Captain McVay’s court-martial was legally sound; no injustice has been done, and remedial action is not warranted.” Today, conspiracy theories abound among some survivors as they try to explain why Captain McVay was court-martialed. Some believe Admiral King was seeking revenge for a personal insult allegedly inflicted years earlier by McVay’s father. Still others believe the politically powerful father of one dead crew member successfully lobbied President Truman himself to press ahead with the trial. Ultimately, though, these theories add up to little. The court martial’s effect was the ruin of McVay’s career, and what remains today is the question of whether this was just.
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