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The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

In the last days of World War II, the American warship was torpedoed in the Pacific. Left adrift in shark-infested waters, hundreds of its sailors died. Loel Dean Cox survived.

In the last days of World War II, an American warship, the USS Indianapolis, was torpedoed in the Pacific. For days, no one came to the survivors' rescue. Left adrift in shark-infested waters, hundreds of sailors died. We hear from Loel Dean Cox one of the few who survived.

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Mon 13 Jul 2015 07:50GMT

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