Raymond B. Lech
Auteur van All the Drowned Sailors
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Raymond B. Lech, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps
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The Tragic Fate of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: The U.S. Navy's Worst Disaster at Sea (2000) 16 exemplaren
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All the drowned sailors door Raymond B. Lech
Not as well told as Richard Newcomb's Abandon Ship!, but the access to more documents adds details to an already grim story. A 'perfect storm' of things which went wrong contributed to the deaths of 880 people, not including collateral damage such as the death of the skipper, Capt. Charles MacVay III, who committed suicide in 1968.
The story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the complete bumbling of the investigation that followed. A very interesting read.
Excellent reconstruction of what happened to a US heavy cruiser before and after it was sunk in 15 minutes by a Japanese submarine. The emphasis is on the role of the senior officers but much ink is given to what the sailors suffered as well. This was a real perfect storm of bad luck (mostly Nimitz' failure to track his own ships) but it is part of US Naval history. Brave men all these sailors were, as soon the war would end for all US/Allied Forces. Excellent b&w photos.
4028. All the Drowned Sailors, by Raymond B. Lech (read 25 May 2005) This is another account of the USS Indianapolis, which was torpedoed on July 30, 1945. I read the 1959 book Abandon Ship! The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Richard F. Newcomb, on 15 Jan 2001 with gripping attention. This book was published in 1982 and the author had access to material which Newcomb did not have. Again I found the story super-interesting. There are other books on the same event and maybe in a few years I'll read another.… (meer)
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