Doug Stanton Will Receive Ambrose Oral History Award The Rutgers Living History Society (RLHS) will award the 2020-2021 Stephen E. Ambrose Oral History Award to bestselling author Doug Stanton. The RLHS Annual Meeting and presentation of the Stephen E. Ambrose Oral History Award will take place on Friday, October 8 at the College Avenue Student … Read More
COURTESY PHOTO ARCHIVES, NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND Survivors of the USS Indianapolis spent days bobbing in the sea enduring sharks, blistering sun, and dehydration. How they conducted themselves in the water and afterward is an affirmation of life. Each summer, as Lake Michigan finally begins to warm, I think of the men of the … Read More
Just published New, updated edition of In Harm’s Way; and a Young Readers’ Edition adaptation.
It’s July 1945, just after midnight. Our ship, the USS Indianapolis, is hit by torpedoes and sinks in 12 minutes. She’s two football-fields long. It’s hard to believe she’s gone down so quickly. She’s sunk in some of the deepest ocean on earth. We think that rescue will come soon. After all, how can naval … Read More
USS Indianapolis survivor Giles McCoy and Doug Stanton on The Today Show Historian Doug Stanton talks about the USS Indianapolis on PBS’s “USS Indianapolis Live – From The Deep” USS Indianapolis discovery offers closure for veterans Doug delivers a keynote address at 70th Anniversary Memorial Service of the USS Indianapolis Survivors’ Organization … Read More
I first became interested in this story in the summer of 1999, when a small local newspaper item caught my eye. It described a reunion being held for a group of survivors from a ship called the USSIndianapolis. I had heard of the Indy before; immortalized by Captain Quint in Jaws, the ship occupied a mythical status in … Read More
