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Old 08-20-17, 11:39 AM   #6
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time for a movie about this tragic event. I think it took years before the captain was exonerated.
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There is a movie called USS Indianapolis, with Nicolas Cage, not one that I would recommend though.
There was a TV movie called Mission of the Shark, with Stacy Keach and Richard Thomas. Low budget, and I had a few technical complaints, but overall it wasn't bad. It also includes the Captain's court martial.

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I also remember something about the USS Batfish SS 310 sinking three Japanese subs and one of them was the sub that sank the Indianapolis. I think ...
The Japanese captain who torpedoed Indianapolis spoke at Captain McVay's trial, so his boat wasn't sunk.
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