Looks like they found the USS Indianapolis ***UPDATE LIVE on PBS

[Moose-Knuckle]

I think Robert Shaw's characterization of Quint sums up the horror of that situation quite well. He did quite a lot of research on the subject and wrote the dialogue himself.

I'll second this.

I kid you not, I can't keep a dry eye when I see that scene. My wife never understood until she researched the importance of that ship and her crew.


ETA: anyone see the new Nicholas Cage movie about the Indianapolis? Been meaning to check it out.

[chuckman]

There was an article, an interview of the ship's physician, who had lived. He was badly burned and talked in detail about the three (four?) days before being rescued. Guys disappearing one by one, the screams in the night, etc. Horrifying and chilling.

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Live video special going on right now.

PBS