In Harm's Way

" Harrowing" is the word for this true story about the worst naval disaster at sea in US history. On July 30, 1945, the cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese sub in the South Pacific. 900 men went into the sea and a nightmarish ordeal began for the men, testing each individual to the......more

OMG...Goosebumps. REALLY! After delivering the last component of the A-bomb, the USS Indianapolis (carrying a crew of almost 1,200) is torpedoed. Within 12 minutes, an estimated 300 men have been killed, 900 have been forced into the oil-slicked, shark-infested sea, the ship has been sunk, and the fi......more

I tore through Doug Stanton’s In Harm’s Way at breakneck speed. The book read like a novel. I flipped through the pages like a hot knife passes through whipped butter. Stanton’s book is so readable. The Indianapolis was the ship tasked to carry the first atomic bomb from San Francisco over to the US......more

Like About Face and the Pat Tillman story, this book leaves one highly disillusioned. I know I should praise the heroism of the survivors of this horrific tragedy (and that is a given), but my primary reaction to this book was actually one of disgust and great cynicism concerning the US military. At......more

You already heard Quint tell this story in Jaws. This is the longer version. It's horror at its purest.......more