The Captain (part 1 of 2)
Season 2, Episode 6, Dec 18, 2020, 08:00 AM
In nearly 10,000 square miles of shark-infested ocean, the USS Indianapolis was struck by a torpedo; she was sinking fast and yet nobody knew. Captain McVay and his 1,200 crew were swiftly descending into a sailor's worst nightmare, while unwittingly contributing to a the genocide of a people. "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." J. R. Oppenheimer 1945.
The sources used in the making of this episode include:
· A Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy Richard Hulver and Peter C. Luebke (associate editor) (Contributions to Naval History No. 7), 2018, ISBN 978-1-943604-27-2
· A Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy Richard Hulver and Peter C. Luebke (associate editor) (Contributions to Naval History No. 7), 2018, ISBN 978-1-943604-27-2
· In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors