[Oldsailor]

August 6, 1945 I was in the South Pacific involved with the rescue of the survivors of the Indianapolis, which was the ship that delivered the A bomb to Tinian island from where it was delivered to Hiroshima.

Later in September our ship was with the 3rd fleet awaiting the surrender.

Whatever the "Revisionists" say negative about the A bomb is pure bunk. Harry Truman was very courageous to make that call for the bomb to be used......It did end the war that the Japs started.

[MarineBrat]

August 6, 1945 I was in the South Pacific involved with the rescue of the survivors of the Indianapolis...

God Bless you Oldsailor. You and all of your shipmates. My old Marine dad and my old Sailor uncle used to have famously interesting conversations about those days, through the prism of the competition beetween two services. They loved each other deeply, but always like to tease each other as well.

Oh to be a fly on the wall for more of that....

[Tennessee_Bob]

You helped rescue a good friend of mine’s father.

Thanks, sixty three years after the fact.

[Zman516]

I salute you, sir!

The agony of the USS Indianapolis is one of the saddest
tales to emerge from the war. Their valor as well as that of you men who rescued them was unfortunately eclipsed by the events of that momentous day.

[Repeal The 17th]

Thank you for your service.