Indianapolis

The date is twenty six July,nineteen hundred forty five soon, only three hundred seventeen would be alive Eleven hundred ninety six of you assigned eight hundred seventy nine lives denied, Two torpedoes, that found their mark at twelve fourteen in the morning, very dark the first hit the bow, blew it away the second, amidships, what more can I say? The explosion, tremendous, thick acrid smoke she sank in twelve minutes, three hundred revoked this ship had no escort, orders from command while the Commander of CINCPAC sat on dry land the sun broke the horizon, ere the Philippine Sea the sharks, knew exactly where their meal would be for, four horrific days the screams would be heard no others could hear them, not even a word On the forth day it came, relief from the sky not soon enough, almost six hundred would die at that point the survivors, thought their outlook was grim they were spotted by a pilot, Lieutenant Will Gwinn In his Ventura bomber,while on sub patrol found the men from the ship, that never would show his mic at full throttle, his radio it threw sparks he relayed their position, to Adrian Marks In his PBY seaplane he answered the call disobeyed orders, to try and save all the USS Doyal, DD- three sixty eight diverted from her orders, to help save her mates With his PBY full,and about out of time he tied men to his wings, with parachute line as the Doyal arrived, with a full head of steam not knowing what she'd find, when she entered the scene to the very last man, the sharks had their way three hundred seventeen men, had been saved on that day the High Navy Brass, needed someone to blame so they pointed their fingers, at Captain McVay From Tinian Island, where she delivered the bomb McVay brought them safely, to the Island of Guam new orders from CINCPAC, get back in the War between Guam and Leyte, she was heard from no more For 54 years,Command wouldn't sway Captain Charles McVay, put his men in harms way he didn't zigzag, is what they would conclude standard procedure for them to elude In a high level hearing, at Naval Command the Commander who sank her, at last took the stand he spoke, and they listened of what happened that night the zigzag wouldn't matter he had them in his sights In the millennium year, the world sedated a panel recessed, he was exonerate Years after the War,it is finally calm for the 1200 men, who delivered the bomb. I Salute all the sailors and Officers of the USS Indianapolis CA-35, God Bless you!