Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS "Indianapolis" was
torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship sank in 14 minutes.
More than 1,000 men were thrown into shark-infested waters. Those
who survived the fiery sinking--some injured, many without life
jackets--struggled to stay afloat in shark-infested waters as they
waited for rescue. But the United States Navy did not even know
they were missing. The Navy needed a scapegoat for this disaster.
So it court-martialed the captain for "hazarding" his ship. The
survivors of the "Indianapolis" knew that their captain was not to
blame. For 50 years they worked to clear his name, even after his
untimely death. But the navy would not budge--until an 11-year-old
boy named Hunter Scott entered the picture. His history fair
project on the "Indianapolis" soon became a crusade to restore the
captain's good name and the honor of the men who served under him.
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