CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The last surviving Marine who was aboard the USS Indianapolis, the U.S. Navy ship that was sunk in World War II, has died at the age of 96. Edgar Alvin Harrell of Tennessee died ...
When shark attacks appear in the news, they typically involve a single victim, maybe a swimmer or surfer who’s been bitten, or in rare worst-case scenarios, killed. These incidents, while frightening, ...
On July 30, 1945, Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis, and 880 lives were tragically lost. In this 1991 story, Across Indiana producer Titus Rush interviewed two Hoosiers who were there.
More than a dozen men who survived the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history - the World War II sinking of the USS Indianapolis - have gathered in the cruiser's namesake city for the final ...