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7/29/45: The heavy cruiser Indianapolis hands over to Little Boy to
Enola Gay in the Marianas, is then torpedoed, sinks. Of 1196 men, ~850
went in water, 318 survived 84 hrs of sharks & drowning.
In the movie, Jaws, date is 6/22, 1 week in water & sharks ate 800.
These are minuscule errors, however, compared to the chilling depiction of
one of the world's best & most told true horror stories (the fate of the
sailors, not Jaws).
This is a story many have recalled when putting out to sea.
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