In Harm's Way : The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and The Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: The book is about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the horrors that come to them. It starts when the ship is hit by a torpedo and sinks. Everything that you can think of goes wrong. When they aren't rescued they have to survive in the pacific waters. They have endure shark infested waters and hope they come out alive.
This book is great and is very well written. If you like history and things like this you would love this book. Its thrilling and keeps you wanting to read more. Its suspenseful and a great way to find out what happened to the men on the USS Indianapolis. I know if you read this book that you will most definately enjoy this great book.

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Summary: Amazing Book
Review: After finishing this amazing page turner, I was left stunned and breathless. The harrowing events that the sailors faced made me realize not only their courage to surive, but their courage to protect their country. I was even more amazed that after all of this bravery the Navy had the nerve to accuse McVay of something that was out of his control. My heart went out to McVay and the men of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. This is an amazing book that everyone should read at some point during their lives. Stanton paints a beautiful portrait of America's heros and leaves the reader with a deep moral lesson on how to live bravely.

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Summary: Buy the Hardcover and pass it on...
Review: Everybody ought to read this book about real events and real men. This book is just riveting!!!! All young people should read this book and see what the Navy was made of and the character of these men.

The writing is great---to explain...not great writing, but greatly written in that the author never over shadows the characters of the story...he doesn't judge or gush either. He tells a story woven together by their words...

WOW.

Lancha

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Summary: Fascinating subject, poorly written
Review: As others, the word "boys" repeatedly applied to the enlisted men, as though they were schoolkids - sometimes alternating in the same sentence with "men" - became more and more irritating; idiotic title for one chapter: "Genocide"; Japanese submarine machine gun existed only to kill survivors (also mentioned by someone else) - very shallow and self-important writing. Well, I'll say this for it, I read it all the way through, more or less.

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Summary: A terrifying read...
Review: This book, about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis at the closing of World War II, will absolutely terrify you. It is incredible to think that the events portrayed in this book actually took place, and even more unbelievable to know that some people actually survived these events. This book is guaranteed to be a fast-reading page-turner. Highly recommended for anyone interested in World War II history or simply looking for an astounding story of danger, heroism, and survival!