My Uncle was one of the 317 survivors. His name was Orsen Clark . He never talked about it. I can not imagine the hell they went through. RIP Uncle Clark
The survivor count is wrong. It was actually 316as one man was documented getting on the ship but not off the ship a few hours later as he was being sent out east for more training.
@@williamsturgell7840 this is not true. They pulled. 317 alive out of the water. One man died on the beach after rescue. Many say 316 survived but they found 317 alive.
People who go though Hell usually don't talk about it. My Grandma survived the 1918 Mouse Lake fire by standing in the lake. This the greatest fire in recorded history but most have never heard of it. She saw things worse than most combat solders yet she rarely mentioned anything about it.
The most depressing thing about this isn't even that they were attacked by sharks. It's that after they were neglected by the Navy, they used their captain as a scapegoat to deny any responsibility and took them decades after his death to clear his name. This story really did a number on me.
Like the Captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt pleaded for help for his corona virus plagued ship and was ignored by the Navy, but the Navy tried to put the blame on him.
@@mrsmucha wow! I was going to say this but i didn't think anyone would know. Exactly! The severity isn't the same, but that really made my blood boil.
@Turtle Head Tell that to those who suffered or died under Japanese occupation. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled to hear how protracting the war for several more years was the humane option.
@Turtle Head It was a war. They were just doing their job. They didn't get much of a choice in the matter, what do you think would have happened to them if they didn't follow their orders? Do you really think their superiors would have just let them off the hook for that? Do you think it would have stopped anything? If it wasn't the Indianapolis some other ship would have done it. What happened wasn't the fault of the soldiers, and it makes me sick that you somehow think this was any kind of justice. If you want to blame someone, blame the government for deciding to use it, not the soldiers who delivered it because they were told to. Honestly, I doubt many if ANY of them even knew what they were transporting as that would have been a security risk.
Honestly after going that long without drinking, I'd say the effects of dehydration and watching anyone who can't take it anymore start hallucinating and finally dying when they try to drink the ocean would have been harder on moral than the sharks. At least the sharks kill you quickly
@Turtle Head Could they? Where? Were there any true civilian target left in a country so embroiled in total war, that even women and children worked to support the military? Was the line between military and civilian so clearly drawn like you believed?
Turtle Head what abt all the soldiers killed in pearl harbor? or soldiers who were taken prisoner? dropping the bomb on a military target wouldn’t have ended the war
I took care of a Navy vet that survived this attack. Over 50 years had passed, & he told me the story as vividly as it had happened last week. Started getting teary relaying this horrific tale. He said he still has nightmares about it.
Imagine how the Japanese families not involved in the war whatsoever felt when those men on that ship delivered the bomb cheering happy I’m proud of the sharks
I knew one of the survivors, who has since passed away. He had years of inability of talking about it as he suffered guilt for being in a life raft and surviving. He did suffer severe burns on his feet that caused him difficulties all the rest of his life. A remarkable thing about him is he married a Japanese woman and had three sons...the oldest son married my sister. His wife is still alive and remembers the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. What a testament to love between two people who looked beyond what their countries did during the war.
The Japanese commander who sank the ship actually worked with the survivors for years to clear their captain's name. He died 5 days before Congress officially exonerated McVeigh.
You should interview her before its too late. First hand accounts are so rare. Please take the time to video tape, audio tape and transcribe her memories.
That veteran holding back tears while talking about the plane shows how powerful that feeling of hope was Edit: if someone said the phrase “he set that big goose down” would make you cry, you’d never believe them
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser you realize that their own country left them out there to die because they got missled in enemy territory. And even the ship that save them it was left up to the captain's discretion it's not like their country told that Captain he had to go save them. My grandfather's a war vet my uncle is Vietnam vet. My other uncle was in the Air Force. The flag is a piece of cloth that should represent what America should be. And right at the moment America is not what it should be so making a stand to remind everybody that the flag should represent something more than what it does is not stupid you're an idiot for not being able to comprehend that the flag is a piece of cloth that represents something and when that representation is not meant you need to take a stand
My grandfather was assigned to her..He caught a bad case of pneumonia and had to be hospitalized and the ship sailed without him..He lost a lot of friends and my family might not be here today if he didn’t get sick.
I feel so bad for Captain McVay. After he and his surviving crew were rescued, he was treated as a criminal and blamed for the deaths that he had to witness himself. All because he couldn't "zigzag". It got so bad that for years he was hounded by death threats and angry phone calls from the families that he committed suicide in 1968. It wouldn't be until decades after his death that he would be exonerated in 2000. Imagine that man having to live with the guilt and nightmares.
They blamed him for the deaths but it's not his fault, it's a war between Japanese and Americans no lives are guaranteed. Just shows the ignorance in those who gave his death wishes probably though their sons going to war would be fairytale.
Layers? There's no such thing in ptsd. Interestingly enough we also know that ptsd does not correlate directly with how many, or how severe, a person's traumatic experience/s were. You can never compare one person's ptsd to another. None is worse than the other.
My ex boyfriend’s grandfather is the last living survivor. I had the absolute pleasure to hear about this from him. The story of course is not pleasurable, but hearing something like this firsthand is unbelievable. He is an amazing person, and this event was completely horrific.
Lol, I’ve literally saw 5 other people saying “my grandfather is the last living survivor”, “my brother in law’s grandad is the last living survivor”, “my cousin’s grandad is the last living survivor”, etc. Lol, it’s easy to create stories on the internet people, stop believing everything you hear.
@@futureparadise.2089 it’s also possible that all those other people you’ve seen are also correct, he has a lot of family and friends. Being a constant skeptic isn’t a virtue. There’s nothing to be gained in a UA-cam comment by making up a story.
My grandfather was Petty Officer aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis. When my family would watch Jaws, every so often, I could never understand why he would leave the room when Quint told the story. When he finally told me what happened I couldn’t believe his courage, determination, and love for his fellow companions who lost their lives. I miss him very much but he was the greatest man I ever knew.
Hey Brian, I'm very sorry about your grandfather. I'm sure he was a great person. Please if you or someone from your family has a photo of your grandpa, I urge you to visit this website and read the information at the bottom of the site, it's important: www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew
@J Island If the Americans didn't drop those bombs, they faced about 3/4 of a million casualties in a land invasion. That's a lot of letters and folded flags. The Japanese civilians were brainwashed nuts.
Sharks weren't playing mind games. sharks have poor eyesight and bumping helps the shark determine if the prey is actually prey or not. Once the shark realized that the person was indeed something to eat, they attacked.
The term mind games isn’t really the best way to sum it up, but there has been documented evidence of sharks biding their time when hunting so to make possible prey easier to ambush when their guard is down. You have to remember that the sailors were kicking, flailing, and screaming - stuff that makes it harder for the sharks to come in close or risk getting hit in day the eye, nose, or gills (very sensitive and painful spots for a shark) and of course the screaming alerts the other “prey”
@@williamsanders2348 Yeah people go out of their way to say like "Sharks are just misunderstood" - yeah.. by them. "Your sillhouette looked like a seal to them" - no, it looked like meat, which is what they eat and is what you are made of. Like the human race is supposed to have some special unspoken agreement with sharks and they only eat us by accident because of their "poor eyesight". The even stupider thing is that when a shark attack happens they go hunting for the offending shark, and then kill one of them - for what? to send a message to the other sharks?
Despicable treatment of the poor captain. Himself a victim. My heart goes out to him, the survivors, those that died in such a horrific manner and their families.
The Captain did not obey orders. The Japanese sub captain can claim he would've sunk the ship regardless but that's just a claim that cant be substantiated. The Navy did the right thing. The captain disobeyed orders to plot a zig zag course. He is at fault.
My uncle (grand) was one of the survivors. It was harrowing to hear his story. I break out in fever sweats every time I think about it. He was also in the Battle of Midway, my god, what a tough man.
@@AG-mt3xs I am truly thankful as well. I do have to say, the true BA in my family is my Grandma. Born and raised in Athens Greece, young teenager during WW2 and during the revolution that followed. But she would say her father was the true BA. He was born in Smyrna Turkey, escaped the sacking of Smyrna as a little boy, one of a handful of children escape the Armenian genocide. Raised and protected his two young daughters during the trials and tribulations in Greece afterwards. These people are constantly giving me strength and hope for the future. It's interesting what perspective give you.
@@This1Person Oh ny gosh! Your family history is amazing!! My grandfather was a Navy Seabee in the Philippines during WWII. He had stories that he told my dad, but he never told us.
@@AG-mt3xs your family is probably as well, there are so many lost stories that never get told. By the way I think the Philippines in WW2 is the least told and most esoteric part of the war. Some people don't even know that the same day Pearl harbor was attacked the Philippines were attacked simultaneously. This gets looked over. The naval Seabees were hands down one of the most unsung heroes of that war. They made it possible for Admiral Nimitz island hopping campaign to succeed and go forward. Often under supplied, over fatigued and outgunned; they carried on. Thank God for your grandfather's service! And happy veterans day bud!
An interesting element of McCoy's trial was the testimony of the Japanese submarine officer who sunk the Indianapolis. The officer testified in McVay's favour, basically saying that the zigzag pattern wouldn't have saved the ship.
They were on a secret mission, in enemy waters, during a war, in an era where it was common to have transmissions intercepted. You fucking idiots never think things through.
Supposedly that ship was not supposed to be there. That is how secret the mission was. Only a few people were informed of that ship sailing where it had gone so as make certain the Japanese could not find out where the ship was and what it was doing. That's why the SOS was ignored, people thought it was a Japanese trick to lure ships into an ambush.
Yeah I even learned in my A.P/history class about the history of our wars (Filipino) and this wasn't even mentioned. Sad that not many people know about this gruesome incident :(
2 survivalists on a small boat at sea got out of the boat and hung on the boats edge. Soon One felt kicks to his legs and told his friend, "Stop kicking me" his friend said, "It's not me" They both looked under the water, and saw scores of sharks beneath them. They hopped back on the boat and lived.
@@heavyweaponsscout9990 Or just a predator finding itself in a golden opportunity to feast on fair sized targets that have no escape route that they utilized
@@samulivainionpaa9338 we are too bony, weird-tasting and non-nutritious, to actually be worthy food for them. But yeah, that explanation works too i guess
They probably didn't know how to cover the SS indianapolis's ass. Like what if we go rescue them and there's more Japanese submarines waiting to pounce on suevivors
So I think the oversight is a little overstated or under detailed here. The major contributor to the lack of response was that since the Indianapolis had been delivering part of the highly confidential Nuclear Bomb, its movements were not known to nearby allies and the ship lacked the type of systematized support most ships were afforded.
Years ago I read the book In Harms Way which is the story of this horrific event. It also tells how when the men were being helped out of the water, their skin just peeled off due to being in the salt water for so long. I was the caregiver to a man who's brother was a survivor, and was honored to be invited with the family to a reunion the survivors held in Portland Oregon many year's ago. These men were true heroes and need to be remembered always. Thank you for posting their story.
I read In Harm's Way just a few months' ago...my heart aches for the poor souls' in the sea for so long, i cannot imagine the nightmers' they must have suffered in later life...and poor Captain Mcvay, the scapegoat for it all..even after the Japanese submarine Captain supported him! (I'm in Wales, in the UK).....
@@carolinequigg5694 Hello to you in Wales. Yes it is a heartbreaking story. But I always hope if we all knew these stories of war? Perhaps we will try to avoid war knowing how many suffer.
Being a Marine I understand about bureaucratic bullshit and we learned early on just how far shit rolls down hill when it’s time for someone to get the finger pointed at them. It’s a shame Charles McVay who was already going through PTSD and feeling deeply saddened wondering why he was sparred and so many of his men weren’t, but the enormous amount of hate that he received from grieving parents ended up being the reason he took his own life. So many parents believed all the bullshit that the Navy said about him. They added one more person whose blood was definitely on their hands.
I blame the NAVY for flat out lying about Captain McVay. They knew they were wrong almost right away because Hashimoto himself stated McVay was innocent of any wrongdoing.
@@ethanweeter2732 truth brother and it’s sad and and damn shame it took all the way to 2000 for him to finally be exonerated. Glad that the right people didn’t give up on clearing his name even if it posthumously 😢,
When I was in the Navy back in the 1990's my Captain told me the ENTIRE story one night. I was the only one on the bridge that night as we were short staffed so I was tasked to be both Navigator and Pilot. Somehow the conversation came around about the tale of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and then I heard this story from my Captain who got the ENTIRE STORY FIRST HAND from one of the survivors of the attack back when he was a Cadet at Annapolis. The story went on for what seemed like hours... When it was done I found I had gone off course by some 20 miles and my face had been crying for almost the entire time... I'll NEVER forget that night... EVER!!! God Bless the U.S.S. Indianapolis and it's VALIANT CREW!!!
@@dmmchugh3714 if we’re talking accountability. I’d blame the ignoring of the stress calls as the worst part of it. And not sending a crew out to look for them when the sub didn’t show up on time. Seriously it’s like hmmm distress calls and the sub hasn’t showed up. You would think someone would of sent a search party smh
@@STePHeN320_12 The same goes for the Titanic. Only one boat came back. They were too scared. Since the U.S.S Indianapolis got hit by 2 torpedoes, it was probably announced. That gave rescue 2 options, go in and risk getting sunk by the same or a different Japanese sub, or wait it out. They had no idea if they were still roaming the area or not.
@@AllenGottlieb horror movies that try to portray this do a decent job, but when you’ve lived through this experience… Hollywood doesn’t even begin to cut it with just how truly terrible it is. The little clips with the surviving survivors almost made me start crying in the middle of my workout… Both ones are talking about the horrifying experience and when they’re talking about the miracle of seeing the rescue plane
@Peyton Wagoner You do realize that was just bullshit allegations to shift the blame off to him because of the Navy choice to ignore their SOS calls. Not only did this man have to watch as over half of his crew drown and be eaten by sharks but then unfairly blamed for all the lives that were lost because the Navy took 5 days to search for them.
@Peyton Wagoner Either you're trolling or flatout idiot. Zig-zagging a behemoth warship is like trying to force a wall bricks to fall over by blowing on them
@@MarloSoBalJr The purpose of the Zig zag is for torpedos that follow the wake to run out of fuel or lose track of the target. It is a real tactic. Whether it would have helped or not is up for debate, but its not impossible or hard to zig zag the ship. It is designed to turn.
Met a Marine surviver that told me his story sobbing in tears as he spoke and how he still had a hard time getting to sleep because of the screams in the night.
I don’t think the sharks bumping them was to trick them into feeling safe. Most sharks will bump things bc they’re curious. After realizing the soldiers were potential food, the sharks probably went for them
An elderly man who was a deacon at my childhood church was a USS Indianapolis survivor. I only heard him speak, publicly or privately, about the experience a single time and he briefly mentioned “seeing his oil-covered shipmates eaten by sharks.” I cannot imagine what they went through and what the survivors carried with them for years.
@Romanticide NO!! you are most likely to drown than get kill by a Shark, on top of that why woud a Shark try to make a uman intentionaly his MEAL when we so littel meet to eat? and the Sharks are no diffrent from A Lion or a Wolf
My granduncle survived this. He had saltwater burns for what seemed like forever. He testified at the trial and true to what Quint says he would refuse life jackets whenever offered one
@Mitchell's Mental Health Harley Hanson was his name. Feel free to look up the survivors list. He also testifies at the trial and is on that list as well if that eases your search
The shark bumping is actually a way for the shark to "see" what the thing is, since they have a lot of sensors on their snouts and their eyesight isn't that great. After seeing that the "thing" maybe food, they will then attack
@@pxxxbxxx1981 Also, "shark infested waters" piss me off. Infestation means intruding where you don't belong, i.e., mice in a building instead of the fields. But, those sharks were at home, if anything, it was human infested waters. Of course, no one deserves to die like this, but to the sharks, the Navy men were like a turkey that plucked itself, roasted itself, and threw itself on the dining room table. What are you supposed to do when you're hungry and dinner is served?
Almost all sharks have excellent sight, hearing and smell as well as their sidelines (running along their bodies) receiving signals from preys in the water.
@@TheApeWonder oops my bad. I should have worded it a bit better, but I think the receptors on their snouts are a bit more reliable than their eyes, especially in murky or crowded waters
I actually met one of the Indy survivors, Edgar Harrell, who was part of the Marine contingent aboard ship.. I visited him at his home and met his wife.. He told me about finding a crate of half rotten potatoes and squeezing the rotten part off and eating the remainder. He told how sharks would come straight at him and he would pull his legs up and he would form into a ball and how they passed below him.. As a combat vet myself, he inquired about my own experiences but nothing could match his days in the open ocean, swimming with the sharks.. I just cannot imagine it.
The man that sunk his ship testified that the crew of the Indianapolis could not do anything about it because they were in a bad spot he was regretful when he heard only 317 or the 1100 could be accounted for most were because the sharks.
My great great uncle was on the U.S.S. Indianapolis. He was 17 at the time (went under a fake name so he could enlist) and was one of the few survivors, to his death the only person he ever talked about it to was his son.
I know it’s probably strange, and I know people were more reserved back in the day, but I would definitely want to talk about that, if it happened to me
@@charlesg7926 how would you know that when you’ve never experienced it and many others said their survivor families never spoke about it? You know nothing.
@@charlesg7926 what is the point of your useless comment? Have you ever been traumatized so hard that you try your best to forget about it? No? Then please be more emphatic. Your comment just shows arrogance and ignorance, and a lack of sympathy for the people that were traumatized.
My great grandfather Bernard Johnson was on the USS Indianapolis.. My heart goes out to all the family's of the brave souls who lost their lives that day
My great grandfather was one of the survivors. When I was a small child he would tell me about when he was in the navy and how he was on several ships that went down. This on was the most memorable of the stories. He was also at Pearl harbor stationed on the Arizona. He said if he wasn't on shore leave he wouldn't have survived. They were terrifying stories and I still remember how he would shake while talking about them. It couldn't have been easy to talk about. I am still terrified of going out on on the ocean. The few times I have bring back these memories of him telling me his stories and what these men would have had to go through to keep going after all that.
Incredible that your Great Grandfather survived both Pearl Harbor and the USS Indianapolis... so much trauma and terror! I can’t imagine how difficult it was for him to share his experiences, and how fascinating it was for you to hear them.
He was on other ships that were sunk but he said they had enough life boats and were rescued within hours with no casualties. I was really young when he first told me his stories. I was like 7 but I still knew how serious what he told me was. I will not forget how brave he was. My grandfather never talked about his service. My father told me some crazy story though. Not sure if I believe it or not but I did have to go to other countries to see him. He left when I was 2. My mom told me that after he disappeared the feds came asking questions. Didn't meet him until my mid 20s.
@@mikehunt6107 Wow, that’s interesting! Was your father a sailor too, or did he serve in another branch? I was in the Navy, even though I had a great fear of the ocean. Part of my fear came from reading the story of the Indianapolis when I was a young kid, but it also motivated me to honor such bravery. Do you mind sharing your Great Grandfather’s name or do you prefer to keep that private?
My father was in the airforce. But I've only met him a few times because its expensive to go to Europe. My grandfather and great grandfather were in the navy. My grandfather's name is Meier. I don't know my great grandfather's full name. He died when I was young and I always just called him grampa Jack. We didn't have the same last name because he was my grandmother's parent. I have no idea what her maiden name is. Ironically I should because they raised me in the LDS church but when I was old enough to choose to leave I was shunned.
@@AGreen-ji4jo it must be hard to put the fear of the ocean on the back burner and go into the navy. That is why you have to have discipline on a ship. I worked on a farm with a guy who was in nuclear submarines during the cold war. He would talk about how they would use tricks to play cat and mouse with Russian nuclear submarines. He said they would be deployed for six months at a time. It amazes me. I couldn't imagine how intense that got at times.
If you think that was sad and horrible, look up the Kursk. Every man on board could have survived but Russia figured military intelligence was worth more than their lives. Every single man on that sub died in the dark and cold and were no doubt terrified out of their wits because they knew no rescue was coming. It took days for them all to die. The rest of the world stood by in horror knowing...counting the days. Help from other countries was denied. The military has a long history of leaving men behind in dreadful situations. That's why it's so disgusting when someone bashes a veteran of war.
A movie should be made in their honor honestly. Would never had known this history if I didn’t stumble on it. I can’t imagine the PTSD these men lived through till old age and their passing. May the souls of everyone who passed in this rest in peace
My friend's father survived. He says what people didn't realize is the sharks didn't just kill men but one would get a foot bitten off another a arm or a bite out of the leg and would bleed to death.
Sharks do that because they want to taste if this possible food is really food and is yummy. If it’s not then they won’t come back for more which is why you lose an arm
My grandfather was on this ship. His career was in the Navy. There wasn't many stories he told us. One, he had a monkey his crew mates threw over the side of the ship he was upset about. Two, by listening around the corner he admitted having to take another man's life during wartime. And three, how he survived this incident by laying calmly on his back wading in the water. The men who panicked thrashing in the water were taken down by sharks around him. He remembered the screams. He laid for countless hours in the water. Other than that my grandpa never spoke of anything else. He died in the late 90s. I'm his clone. RIP to all the sailors lost during their battles and after at home.
@TredatGuy_ I mean it could happen by the enemy, but the fact their distress signals and cries for help were ignored is sus as hell. Not to mention they literally sent nobody to look for the survivors. Basically left them for dead in the middle of the ocean. The US government knows it was their own people that shot down the ship, but don't want to take responsibility.
My best friends dad was on the Indianapolis. He survived but man the stories he told. He came to school on veterans day just one time and told us the story. His name was Loyle Dean Cox. He passed a few yrs back. Hometown was Comanche Texas. I had an awesome friend and his dad was a very good man. 😁👍
You were blessed to have your best friend and his Father in your life. I admire the strength it must have taken to go on with his life after such a tragic ordeal. Prayers for you and your's 😇🕊❤
Extraordinary. I thought I knew the true history of the ship and its crew, but I never have read of the outrageous cover up, and how the courageous survivors managed to improvise what little they had to stay alive. God bless all who were part of this chapter of naval history.
God bless all these men . It's horrible what these guys went through , pure horror . It makes me happy when hearing these veterans speaking about being rescued and I'm sure glad some of them were . Although , it's unfortunate they were in the water for so long before being rescued ... My heart goes out to them .
these guys were put into an extremely unlucky situation, nowhere to go and with everyone bleeding and injured and being literal sitting ducks, yeah, just about any wild predator would take the chance unfortunately, not only sharks.
"Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a dolls eyes, when he comes after ya he doesn't seem to be livin, until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white, and then-aww, then you hear that horrible high pitch screamin" Charlie Kelly.
The young men of the 1940s etched their names into history as one of the toughest generations in history. I firmly believe that every generation will rise to the occasion (whether winning or losing is irrelevant) but they were a generation that was forced to fight and did so admirably. Same goes for the young men of the 1910s
Why would they just ignore this catastrophe? What would the navy gain? I don't understand the logic because there is none. There has to be something more to this. The US government had to have someone or a group of people accountable for this. Who knows what really happened. The fact that no investigation went on just blows my mind. What about the families of these victims? How did they keep them quiet? Imagine that happening today??? We'd have riots/anarchy.
My great uncle Sylvanis was one who survived. He never talked about the ordeal. RIP Uncle Sylvanis. What a horrific ordeal those men endured. A sad event in our Navy's history. Poor Captain McVey.
My grandpa survived this . He still doesn't talk about to this day. He sometimes wakes up screaming in the middle of the night thinking he was back in the water.
@@cap5macca5jack5 are you the dumb one? I never stated that the events in jaws were real I just said that this movie jaws could teach people about some real facts in history such as “the story of the deadliest shark attack in history”
8:01 "But he set that big goose down" ... what a brave man, most men would of been too scared but he knew he was about to save 50 some lives. Much respect for that wonderfull man👍
My brother just told me I had 2 uncles that survived the Indianapolis. I never had heard of this information until today, although I had known about the Indianapolis. There was no mention of this in either ones obituary, only that they had served in the Navy during WW2. It apparently effected both of them and they both die relatively young. It was a real life horror movie. My hearts go out to these men and the suffering they endured.
There are actually the wolves, vultures the big companies, the elites and that finances the war on both sides for their own, personal gain at the detriment of million of innocents lives working for a paycheck and that are taught to be patriotic.
I can’t believe no one came to help even after hearing the distress signals like wow so messed up RIP to those that lost their lives and I’m even more sorry for the survivors such a traumatic experience.
So tragic and sad, i cant even imagine what it was like to go through such a horrific experience. The part with the war vet getting emotional when he saw the rescue plan, that got to me.
In 1997 I bought a biz in Winterhaven Fla , Lees House of Vacuums ....... The man I bought it from was William C Lee, ( Bill ) . He was one of the survivors. He had a large pic of the Uss Ind on his office wall. He was a great man. He passed away a few yrs ago due to heart probs. He was 87 I think. My respect to these brave men !!! RIP Bill Lee .
"We formed ourselves into tight groups and the idea was if a shark came near you'd start pouding, hollering, and screaming. Sometimes the shark go away. . . sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a stark he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes". ~ Quint, Jaws 1975
My father was WWII veteran who returned home 100% disabled. Freedom ain’t free! and it never has been… Every day in some way someone puts their life on the line to preserve it!! The facts are absolutely heartbreaking. To the entire crew of the USS Indianapolis. Thank you for your Service. And to the families that mourned their loss or welcomed them home 🙏🏽 We need to do better by the men and women who risk it all to protect our land and freedoms. … both while in service and AFTER!
My best friends grandfather who experienced the horror of being on the ship, told his family a story that has been passed down to many of us. He said that he remembers seeing a piece of shrapnel or metal lodged into one of the men’s head in the water as he was still alive being “bumped” by sharks until eventually the dying man looked my friend’s grandfather in the eyes one last time and got pulled under by one of the sharks.. never to be seen agin..
It’s theorized that no help came because the ship/crew were on a top secret mission delivering the bomb. On the voyage home, they were still technically on the top secret mission, so the hierarchy didn’t want to risk compromising the secrecy of the Atomic Bomb. Basically, they made the Indianapolis a “ghost ship.”
My Uncle was one of the 317 survivors. His name was Orsen Clark . He never talked about it. I can not imagine the hell they went through. RIP Uncle Clark
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The survivor count is wrong. It was actually 316as one man was documented getting on the ship but not off the ship a few hours later as he was being sent out east for more training.
@@williamsturgell7840 this is not true. They pulled. 317 alive out of the water. One man died on the beach after rescue. Many say 316 survived but they found 317 alive.
@@williamsturgell7840 did you actually take the time out of ur life to make a correction because he was one off? Wow must be fun at partys
People who go though Hell usually don't talk about it. My Grandma survived the 1918 Mouse Lake fire by standing in the lake. This the greatest fire in recorded history but most have never heard of it. She saw things worse than most combat solders yet she rarely mentioned anything about it.
The most depressing thing about this isn't even that they were attacked by sharks. It's that after they were neglected by the Navy, they used their captain as a scapegoat to deny any responsibility and took them decades after his death to clear his name. This story really did a number on me.
Like the Captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt pleaded for help for his corona virus plagued ship and was ignored by the Navy, but the Navy tried to put the blame on him.
@@mrsmucha wow! I was going to say this but i didn't think anyone would know. Exactly! The severity isn't the same, but that really made my blood boil.
Government for ya... This is an example of why we need governance, not Government.
Yeah its really sad they destroyed his career.
Very true
Imagine how horrible it was to watch your friends and crew mates getting slowly picked off by sharks
@Turtle Head Tell that to those who suffered or died under Japanese occupation. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled to hear how protracting the war for several more years was the humane option.
@Turtle Head It was a war. They were just doing their job. They didn't get much of a choice in the matter, what do you think would have happened to them if they didn't follow their orders? Do you really think their superiors would have just let them off the hook for that? Do you think it would have stopped anything? If it wasn't the Indianapolis some other ship would have done it. What happened wasn't the fault of the soldiers, and it makes me sick that you somehow think this was any kind of justice. If you want to blame someone, blame the government for deciding to use it, not the soldiers who delivered it because they were told to. Honestly, I doubt many if ANY of them even knew what they were transporting as that would have been a security risk.
Honestly after going that long without drinking, I'd say the effects of dehydration and watching anyone who can't take it anymore start hallucinating and finally dying when they try to drink the ocean would have been harder on moral than the sharks. At least the sharks kill you quickly
@Turtle Head Could they? Where?
Were there any true civilian target left in a country so embroiled in total war, that even women and children worked to support the military? Was the line between military and civilian so clearly drawn like you believed?
Turtle Head what abt all the soldiers killed in pearl harbor? or soldiers who were taken prisoner? dropping the bomb on a military target wouldn’t have ended the war
I took care of a Navy vet that survived this attack. Over 50 years had passed, & he told me the story as vividly as it had happened last week. Started getting teary relaying this horrific tale. He said he still has nightmares about it.
Did he say anything different than this video?
Imagine how the Japanese families not involved in the war whatsoever felt when those men on that ship delivered the bomb cheering happy I’m proud of the sharks
@@scottymobley4854 WTF people died and many lost their loved ones
how old are you
@@scottymobley4854the Japanese literally bombed Pearl Harbor little boy was the response
I knew one of the survivors, who has since passed away. He had years of inability of talking about it as he suffered guilt for being in a life raft and surviving. He did suffer severe burns on his feet that caused him difficulties all the rest of his life. A remarkable thing about him is he married a Japanese woman and had three sons...the oldest son married my sister. His wife is still alive and remembers the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. What a testament to love between two people who looked beyond what their countries did during the war.
The Japanese commander who sank the ship actually worked with the survivors for years to clear their captain's name. He died 5 days before Congress officially exonerated McVeigh.
this is amazing!
What a beautiful story!
Wow just wow
You should interview her before its too late. First hand accounts are so rare. Please take the time to video tape, audio tape and transcribe her memories.
That veteran holding back tears while talking about the plane shows how powerful that feeling of hope was
Edit: if someone said the phrase “he set that big goose down” would make you cry, you’d never believe them
That part got me, too. I choked up a bit listening to him.
@@mattduke6490 Me, too 🥺
That is why people kneeling during our anthem are the lowest scum on the planet.
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser Agree with you 110%!
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser you realize that their own country left them out there to die because they got missled in enemy territory. And even the ship that save them it was left up to the captain's discretion it's not like their country told that Captain he had to go save them. My grandfather's a war vet my uncle is Vietnam vet. My other uncle was in the Air Force. The flag is a piece of cloth that should represent what America should be. And right at the moment America is not what it should be so making a stand to remind everybody that the flag should represent something more than what it does is not stupid you're an idiot for not being able to comprehend that the flag is a piece of cloth that represents something and when that representation is not meant you need to take a stand
My grandfather died on this ship. Frank Fantasia he was eaten and never found. My grandmother had to raise 5 children on her own after this.
So sad. He lives on, a shark
I'm sorry
My prayers
My condolences.
Unbelievable!!Actually horrible!!
My grandfather was assigned to her..He caught a bad case of pneumonia and had to be hospitalized and the ship sailed without him..He lost a lot of friends and my family might not be here today if he didn’t get sick.
That's wild Pneumonia pretty much saved your grandpas life
Hallelujah for pneumonia!! 🙌
I almost cried listening to that man talk about the plane coming down to rescue them. Imagine how they felt seeing someone finally come for them.
The rescue plane was the "big fat PBY" described in Robert Shaw's Jaws speech...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
yeah touching
him recalling how they were rescued♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It was indeed a very touching testimony!
You could tell he wanted to cry. 😢
Heart renching 😔💔
I feel so bad for Captain McVay. After he and his surviving crew were rescued, he was treated as a criminal and blamed for the deaths that he had to witness himself. All because he couldn't "zigzag". It got so bad that for years he was hounded by death threats and angry phone calls from the families that he committed suicide in 1968. It wouldn't be until decades after his death that he would be exonerated in 2000. Imagine that man having to live with the guilt and nightmares.
So sad
😢
That's tragic in itself as well
That’s sad
They blamed him for the deaths but it's not his fault, it's a war between Japanese and Americans no lives are guaranteed. Just shows the ignorance in those who gave his death wishes probably though their sons going to war would be fairytale.
Probably one of the most horrific war stories I’ve heard. That’s multiple layers of PTSD.
Sharks don't care
Layers? There's no such thing in ptsd. Interestingly enough we also know that ptsd does not correlate directly with how many, or how severe, a person's traumatic experience/s were. You can never compare one person's ptsd to another. None is worse than the other.
@@thehealthylife5715 true they just want food and the there food is humans
Perhaps only rivelled by the crocs chomping on the Japanese in a swamp in Asia during WW2.
@@mechripper6419 they also eat fish but they prefer food like sometimes cows rarely but definitely humans
My ex boyfriend’s grandfather is the last living survivor. I had the absolute pleasure to hear about this from him. The story of course is not pleasurable, but hearing something like this firsthand is unbelievable. He is an amazing person, and this event was completely horrific.
You should record/video him telling the story for posterity
@@niro__dj if I was still in contact with him I would. But they just put up a statue in town in his honor and there was a whole event. Very cool.
Lol, I’ve literally saw 5 other people saying “my grandfather is the last living survivor”, “my brother in law’s grandad is the last living survivor”, “my cousin’s grandad is the last living survivor”, etc. Lol, it’s easy to create stories on the internet people, stop believing everything you hear.
@@futureparadise.2089 hey believe what you want. Maybe look up Harold Bray in Benicia, California and see what you find. Or don’t, whateve.
@@futureparadise.2089 it’s also possible that all those other people you’ve seen are also correct, he has a lot of family and friends. Being a constant skeptic isn’t a virtue. There’s nothing to be gained in a UA-cam comment by making up a story.
My grandfather was Petty Officer aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis. When my family would watch Jaws, every so often, I could never understand why he would leave the room when Quint told the story. When he finally told me what happened I couldn’t believe his courage, determination, and love for his fellow companions who lost their lives. I miss him very much but he was the greatest man I ever knew.
Hey Brian, I'm very sorry about your grandfather. I'm sure he was a great person. Please if you or someone from your family has a photo of your grandpa, I urge you to visit this website and read the information at the bottom of the site, it's important:
www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew
It's a shame Shaw got the date wrong by about a month, but it's a high point of the film. The music too.
@J Island If the Americans didn't drop those bombs, they faced about 3/4 of a million casualties in a land invasion. That's a lot of letters and folded flags. The Japanese civilians were brainwashed nuts.
Isn't it a little insensitive to him to watch jaws when he was there?
@@mousekander2232 thats the entire point he found out a while later then understood why he would leave the room
Sharks weren't playing mind games. sharks have poor eyesight and bumping helps the shark determine if the prey is actually prey or not. Once the shark realized that the person was indeed something to eat, they attacked.
Exactly. Like facts, sharks also don't care about your feelings.
@@williamsanders2348 and like people
The term mind games isn’t really the best way to sum it up, but there has been documented evidence of sharks biding their time when hunting so to make possible prey easier to ambush when their guard is down.
You have to remember that the sailors were kicking, flailing, and screaming - stuff that makes it harder for the sharks to come in close or risk getting hit in day the eye, nose, or gills (very sensitive and painful spots for a shark) and of course the screaming alerts the other “prey”
@@williamsanders2348 Yeah people go out of their way to say like "Sharks are just misunderstood" - yeah.. by them. "Your sillhouette looked like a seal to them" - no, it looked like meat, which is what they eat and is what you are made of. Like the human race is supposed to have some special unspoken agreement with sharks and they only eat us by accident because of their "poor eyesight". The even stupider thing is that when a shark attack happens they go hunting for the offending shark, and then kill one of them - for what? to send a message to the other sharks?
@@frankcooke1692 Have you been on the internet in the last ten years? We're not progressing. Welcome to earth.
My great grandpa survived this and it mentally destroyed him, being a survivor at only the age of 16
This is very sad😥
Was this ever turned to a movie
@@84doll yes its called U.S.S Indianapolis: men of courage
@@84doll sounds like it should be called a weekend special at a seafood buffet.
That’s so tragic for a young boy😢... my condolences 💐♥️🇦🇺
Despicable treatment of the poor captain. Himself a victim. My heart goes out to him, the survivors, those that died in such a horrific manner and their families.
Someone should have gone to jail for this. Absolutely disgusting the way America tried to cover this up and blame the captain.
The Captain did not obey orders. The Japanese sub captain can claim he would've sunk the ship regardless but that's just a claim that cant be substantiated. The Navy did the right thing. The captain disobeyed orders to plot a zig zag course. He is at fault.
About to say the same...
After his wife died, he ended up taking his own life.
@@olliefoxx7165 His men say different.
u think that is disgusting? not the nuclear bombs> wow
My uncle (grand) was one of the survivors. It was harrowing to hear his story. I break out in fever sweats every time I think about it.
He was also in the Battle of Midway, my god, what a tough man.
Your grand uncle was truly BA. Thankful that he served.
@@AG-mt3xs I am truly thankful as well.
I do have to say, the true BA in my family is my Grandma. Born and raised in Athens Greece, young teenager during WW2 and during the revolution that followed. But she would say her father was the true BA. He was born in Smyrna Turkey, escaped the sacking of Smyrna as a little boy, one of a handful of children escape the Armenian genocide. Raised and protected his two young daughters during the trials and tribulations in Greece afterwards.
These people are constantly giving me strength and hope for the future. It's interesting what perspective give you.
@@This1Person Oh ny gosh! Your family history is amazing!! My grandfather was a Navy Seabee in the Philippines during WWII. He had stories that he told my dad, but he never told us.
@@AG-mt3xs your family is probably as well, there are so many lost stories that never get told.
By the way I think the Philippines in WW2 is the least told and most esoteric part of the war. Some people don't even know that the same day Pearl harbor was attacked the Philippines were attacked simultaneously. This gets looked over.
The naval Seabees were hands down one of the most unsung heroes of that war. They made it possible for Admiral Nimitz island hopping campaign to succeed and go forward. Often under supplied, over fatigued and outgunned; they carried on. Thank God for your grandfather's service! And happy veterans day bud!
I salute your Uncle. I also salute Robert Sylvester Nunn whom was a radio operator on the USS Wasp, he was my vo-ag teacher! Yes, both very BA!
Fun fact: A school of sharks is actually called a 'shiver'.
Definitely appropriate. 🤣
Shiver me timbers
Crows are a murder, so I think they still have most badass gang name
That’s cold
Thanks! I'll be sharing that
An interesting element of McCoy's trial was the testimony of the Japanese submarine officer who sunk the Indianapolis. The officer testified in McVay's favour, basically saying that the zigzag pattern wouldn't have saved the ship.
That is quite interesting
It’s a scary story but the scariest part is how they were neglected by their country.
They were on a secret mission, in enemy waters, during a war, in an era where it was common to have transmissions intercepted.
You fucking idiots never think things through.
Supposedly that ship was not supposed to be there. That is how secret the mission was.
Only a few people were informed of that ship sailing where it had gone so as make certain the Japanese could not find out where the ship was and what it was doing.
That's why the SOS was ignored, people thought it was a Japanese trick to lure ships into an ambush.
@@LudlowSRK they court martialed a captian who did everything he could and the guilt made him kill himself.
What dose neglect means anyways?
I’d say the sharks are still the scariest part.
War is truly terrifying.
They prioritized war instead of saving the crew.
Yeah I even learned in my A.P/history class about the history of our wars (Filipino) and this wasn't even mentioned. Sad that not many people know about this gruesome incident :(
They always do, regardless of the "they" is. When dishonorable men are given the reigns of war, abominable acts will follow.
@@gabriellashimone6546
Corruption sure is annoying and even fatal sometimes
@@TheDaltonius Fatal far more often than not. It isn't always immediate.
@@gabriellashimone6546
That’s true, very true
Having a huge shark bump into me would send me straight into cardiac arrest.
Me to bro lmao
2 survivalists on a small boat at sea got out of the boat and hung on the boats edge. Soon One felt kicks to his legs and told his friend, "Stop kicking me" his friend said, "It's not me" They both looked under the water, and saw scores of sharks beneath them. They hopped back on the boat and lived.
@@watersbey25 I can't IMAGINE how terrifying that would've felt
@I'm a Champion sharks on occasion will nudge or bump into the fish or even the person's legs to see if it's soft or not to eat. Google it.
@@watersbey25 Think they also do that to determine status of living or dead.
"the sharks were playing mind games". Dude, it's common for shark to bump their prey to investigate their meal before biting.
exactly that’s mind games for their prey
They mustve been hungry af, sharks usually dont like the taste of human flesh..
@@alvincherukara4569 it's not mind games sharks have bad vision dam ass xD
@@heavyweaponsscout9990 Or just a predator finding itself in a golden opportunity to feast on fair sized targets that have no escape route that they utilized
@@samulivainionpaa9338 we are too bony, weird-tasting and non-nutritious, to actually be worthy food for them. But yeah, that explanation works too i guess
No ones gonna talk about the navy ignoring sos signals and the ship not returning?! Wtf?!
I was looking for someone else who shared my thoughts on this too. Wtf indeed!!
They probably didn't know how to cover the SS indianapolis's ass. Like what if we go rescue them and there's more Japanese submarines waiting to pounce on suevivors
Exacty what I was thinkin wth
So I think the oversight is a little overstated or under detailed here. The major contributor to the lack of response was that since the Indianapolis had been delivering part of the highly confidential Nuclear Bomb, its movements were not known to nearby allies and the ship lacked the type of systematized support most ships were afforded.
@@6thsavage Maybe, but because they put the blame on the captain I don't believe that's the reason.
Years ago I read the book
In Harms Way which is the story of this horrific event. It also tells how when the men were being helped out of the water, their skin just peeled off due to being in the salt water for so long.
I was the caregiver to a man who's brother was a survivor, and was honored to be invited with the family to a reunion the survivors held in Portland Oregon many year's ago.
These men were true heroes and need to be remembered always. Thank you for posting their story.
I read In Harm's Way just a few months' ago...my heart aches for the poor souls' in the sea for so long, i cannot imagine the nightmers' they must have suffered in later life...and poor Captain Mcvay, the scapegoat for it all..even after the Japanese submarine Captain supported him! (I'm in Wales, in the UK).....
@@carolinequigg5694 Hello to you in Wales. Yes it is a heartbreaking story. But I always hope if we all knew these stories of war? Perhaps we will try to avoid war knowing how many suffer.
A very good read
That Plane Pilot that landed in the water to rescue the men is my Hero. Bless this Angel 🇺🇸
Amen!!
Adrian Marks👍
That's what they should be making movies about, men like that... not some of the made up bullshit propaganda they put out.
That's genuinely a Medal of Honor level act of heroism. I'm not sure if he has one, but he really should.
@@jackcoogan310 💯♥️🇦🇺
Being a Marine I understand about bureaucratic bullshit and we learned early on just how far shit rolls down hill when it’s time for someone to get the finger pointed at them. It’s a shame Charles McVay who was already going through PTSD and feeling deeply saddened wondering why he was sparred and so many of his men weren’t, but the enormous amount of hate that he received from grieving parents ended up being the reason he took his own life. So many parents believed all the bullshit that the Navy said about him. They added one more person whose blood was definitely on their hands.
Truly a tragedy. A testament to the slimy, cowardly nature of pencil-pushers. Thank you for your service.
@@stanstanstan2597 so true brother and thanks 👊🏾
I blame the NAVY for flat out lying about Captain McVay. They knew they were wrong almost right away because Hashimoto himself stated McVay was innocent of any wrongdoing.
@@ethanweeter2732 truth brother and it’s sad and and damn shame it took all the way to 2000 for him to finally be exonerated. Glad that the right people didn’t give up on clearing his name even if it posthumously 😢,
When I was in the Navy back in the 1990's my Captain told me the ENTIRE story one night. I was the only one on the bridge that night as we were short staffed so I was tasked to be both Navigator and Pilot. Somehow the conversation came around about the tale of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and then I heard this story from my Captain who got the ENTIRE STORY FIRST HAND from one of the survivors of the attack back when he was a Cadet at Annapolis. The story went on for what seemed like hours... When it was done I found I had gone off course by some 20 miles and my face had been crying for almost the entire time... I'll NEVER forget that night... EVER!!! God Bless the U.S.S. Indianapolis and it's VALIANT CREW!!!
I can't believe the navy was not held accountable for this horrific blunder
I believe the Captain was chastised for not using proper evasive procedures to elude enemy subs.
@@dmmchugh3714 in enemy waters... There was nothing he could've done...
@@dmmchugh3714 if we’re talking accountability. I’d blame the ignoring of the stress calls as the worst part of it. And not sending a crew out to look for them when the sub didn’t show up on time. Seriously it’s like hmmm distress calls and the sub hasn’t showed up. You would think someone would of sent a search party smh
@@STePHeN320_12 The same goes for the Titanic. Only one boat came back. They were too scared. Since the U.S.S Indianapolis got hit by 2 torpedoes, it was probably announced. That gave rescue 2 options, go in and risk getting sunk by the same or a different Japanese sub, or wait it out. They had no idea if they were still roaming the area or not.
I can 😞!
This was one of the most horrifying and outright sad episodes of weird history
I can’t imagine having to bob in the water knowing I’m going to die. Scary man
@Turtle Head didn't that come after?
@Turtle Head Get off your high horse. Neither the sailors deserve to die the way they did nor did the unaware civilians of Japan.
@@AllenGottlieb horror movies that try to portray this do a decent job, but when you’ve lived through this experience… Hollywood doesn’t even begin to cut it with just how truly terrible it is. The little clips with the surviving survivors almost made me start crying in the middle of my workout… Both ones are talking about the horrifying experience and when they’re talking about the miracle of seeing the rescue plane
It is full of holes! Sharks don't "like out their pray" jaws has nothing to do with this
That poor captain. He deserves a whole lot more than recognition....there should be a fleet of ships named after him!
@Peyton Wagoner You do realize that was just bullshit allegations to shift the blame off to him because of the Navy choice to ignore their SOS calls. Not only did this man have to watch as over half of his crew drown and be eaten by sharks but then unfairly blamed for all the lives that were lost because the Navy took 5 days to search for them.
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@Peyton Wagoner I see that you're an avid Kool-aid drinker.
@Peyton Wagoner Either you're trolling or flatout idiot. Zig-zagging a behemoth warship is like trying to force a wall bricks to fall over by blowing on them
@@MarloSoBalJr The purpose of the Zig zag is for torpedos that follow the wake to run out of fuel or lose track of the target. It is a real tactic. Whether it would have helped or not is up for debate, but its not impossible or hard to zig zag the ship. It is designed to turn.
Met a Marine surviver that told me his story sobbing in tears as he spoke and how he still had a hard time getting to sleep because of the screams in the night.
They blamed the whole thing on captain mcvay, he killed himself bc of guilt.
I don’t think the sharks bumping them was to trick them into feeling safe. Most sharks will bump things bc they’re curious. After realizing the soldiers were potential food, the sharks probably went for them
I mean, there was blood in the water.
Sharks do test bumps to see if the prey they bump is a threat or if it's something to eat...they weren't screwing with them it's their nature
Do people realize how sharks work or do you think they are just bloodthirsty killing machines?
They were bumping to tell where they are and what they are.
i cant even imagine going through that...surrounded by that ocean and cant drink the water, hot sun, sharks, etc...
Miserable
A nightmare.
Exposed ua-cam.com/video/eWigFX6bO4c/v-deo.html
Swimming in blood...
The ocean is the earth's biggest desert
An elderly man who was a deacon at my childhood church was a USS Indianapolis survivor. I only heard him speak, publicly or privately, about the experience a single time and he briefly mentioned “seeing his oil-covered shipmates eaten by sharks.” I cannot imagine what they went through and what the survivors carried with them for years.
Sounds like the US government didn't want any survivors from that ship.
thats what happens with the secret missions, left for dead if anything goes south.
Lol...what? That makes no sense on any level 😂
3:25 - 3:55 says it all
Heard about Benghazi?
Let me guess, because they were going to pass off a nuclear explosion as an act of God?
That's it. No more swimming for me. I'm Done done.
Still going to be surfing have had no problem in 15 years
In the ocean yes... a regular swimming pool is cool tho lol
@Romanticide NO!! you are most likely to drown than get kill by a Shark, on top of that why woud a Shark try to make a uman intentionaly his MEAL when we so littel meet to eat? and the Sharks are no diffrent from A Lion or a Wolf
@Gino Morra my family makes fun of me. But I’m not dying in the ocean 💀
@Gino Morra exactly, too many things can go wrong
Can you imagine the fear and desperation...
I can’t....
Then they blamed the captain that I don’t understand.
@@braxtonjones6163 apparently the higher ups in the US navy would rather save their reputation than face embarrassment by the public.
My granduncle survived this. He had saltwater burns for what seemed like forever. He testified at the trial and true to what Quint says he would refuse life jackets whenever offered one
@Mitchell's Mental Health Harley Hanson was his name. Feel free to look up the survivors list. He also testifies at the trial and is on that list as well if that eases your search
You don’t have to explain to her!
Yes actually it is a living nightmare. May they rest in peace.
I would love to die like this
@@el-ju4uv Because you die by serving your country or?
@@luvmibratt ohhh god no my death would be every were.
@@el-ju4uv ??? Can you explain
@@jaysleepy339 cause no one would know I died so my death is a mystery
The shark bumping is actually a way for the shark to "see" what the thing is, since they have a lot of sensors on their snouts and their eyesight isn't that great. After seeing that the "thing" maybe food, they will then attack
@@pxxxbxxx1981 Also, "shark infested waters" piss me off. Infestation means intruding where you don't belong, i.e., mice in a building instead of the fields. But, those sharks were at home, if anything, it was human infested waters. Of course, no one deserves to die like this, but to the sharks, the Navy men were like a turkey that plucked itself, roasted itself, and threw itself on the dining room table. What are you supposed to do when you're hungry and dinner is served?
Almost all sharks have excellent sight, hearing and smell as well as their sidelines (running along their bodies) receiving signals from preys in the water.
@@TheApeWonder oops my bad. I should have worded it a bit better, but I think the receptors on their snouts are a bit more reliable than their eyes, especially in murky or crowded waters
@@carktheshark oh, hehe, no need to apologize. Sorry if I came across as a d**k. You’re not wrong, I just wanted to add to what you were saying. :)
@@TheApeWonder haha no you weren't rude! I'm just upset at myself for not getting my shark facts right 😁
I actually met one of the Indy survivors, Edgar Harrell, who was part of the Marine contingent aboard ship.. I visited him at his home and met his wife.. He told me about finding a crate of half rotten potatoes and squeezing the rotten part off and eating the remainder. He told how sharks would come straight at him and he would pull his legs up and he would form into a ball and how they passed below him.. As a combat vet myself, he inquired about my own experiences but nothing could match his days in the open ocean, swimming with the sharks.. I just cannot imagine it.
Bj
The man that sunk his ship testified that the crew of the Indianapolis could not do anything about it because they were in a bad spot he was regretful when he heard only 317 or the 1100 could be accounted for most were because the sharks.
Me: Lives in dry land away from any bodies of water
Also me: Looks around for any nearby sharks
Watch out for land sharks. I used to own one.
Bull sharks have been found up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois and Iowa.
Land sharks are no joke
My great great uncle was on the U.S.S. Indianapolis. He was 17 at the time (went under a fake name so he could enlist) and was one of the few survivors, to his death the only person he ever talked about it to was his son.
I know it’s probably strange, and I know people were more reserved back in the day, but I would definitely want to talk about that, if it happened to me
Lol
@@charlesg7926 how would you know that when you’ve never experienced it and many others said their survivor families never spoke about it? You know nothing.
@@charlesg7926 what is the point of your useless comment?
Have you ever been traumatized so hard that you try your best to forget about it? No? Then please be more emphatic. Your comment just shows arrogance and ignorance, and a lack of sympathy for the people that were traumatized.
My great grandfather Bernard Johnson was on the USS Indianapolis.. My heart goes out to all the family's of the brave souls who lost their lives that day
No he wasn't
RIP all those poor men who went through all that terrible suffering...
Facts 💯
My great grandfather was one of the survivors. When I was a small child he would tell me about when he was in the navy and how he was on several ships that went down. This on was the most memorable of the stories. He was also at Pearl harbor stationed on the Arizona. He said if he wasn't on shore leave he wouldn't have survived. They were terrifying stories and I still remember how he would shake while talking about them. It couldn't have been easy to talk about. I am still terrified of going out on on the ocean. The few times I have bring back these memories of him telling me his stories and what these men would have had to go through to keep going after all that.
Incredible that your Great Grandfather survived both Pearl Harbor and the USS Indianapolis... so much trauma and terror! I can’t imagine how difficult it was for him to share his experiences, and how fascinating it was for you to hear them.
He was on other ships that were sunk but he said they had enough life boats and were rescued within hours with no casualties. I was really young when he first told me his stories. I was like 7 but I still knew how serious what he told me was. I will not forget how brave he was. My grandfather never talked about his service. My father told me some crazy story though. Not sure if I believe it or not but I did have to go to other countries to see him. He left when I was 2. My mom told me that after he disappeared the feds came asking questions. Didn't meet him until my mid 20s.
@@mikehunt6107 Wow, that’s interesting! Was your father a sailor too, or did he serve in another branch? I was in the Navy, even though I had a great fear of the ocean. Part of my fear came from reading the story of the Indianapolis when I was a young kid, but it also motivated me to honor such bravery. Do you mind sharing your Great Grandfather’s name or do you prefer to keep that private?
My father was in the airforce. But I've only met him a few times because its expensive to go to Europe. My grandfather and great grandfather were in the navy. My grandfather's name is Meier. I don't know my great grandfather's full name. He died when I was young and I always just called him grampa Jack. We didn't have the same last name because he was my grandmother's parent. I have no idea what her maiden name is. Ironically I should because they raised me in the LDS church but when I was old enough to choose to leave I was shunned.
@@AGreen-ji4jo it must be hard to put the fear of the ocean on the back burner and go into the navy. That is why you have to have discipline on a ship. I worked on a farm with a guy who was in nuclear submarines during the cold war. He would talk about how they would use tricks to play cat and mouse with Russian nuclear submarines. He said they would be deployed for six months at a time. It amazes me. I couldn't imagine how intense that got at times.
It makes me mad it took so long to rescue the men.
If you think that was sad and horrible, look up the Kursk. Every man on board could have survived but Russia figured military intelligence was worth more than their lives. Every single man on that sub died in the dark and cold and were no doubt terrified out of their wits because they knew no rescue was coming. It took days for them all to die. The rest of the world stood by in horror knowing...counting the days. Help from other countries was denied. The military has a long history of leaving men behind in dreadful situations. That's why it's so disgusting when someone bashes a veteran of war.
Even sadder when the Captain was court martial for negligence. Zig zag, really Navy?
it was a secret mission I think is why it took so long
@@VideoSaySo Omg! I had forgotten about that.....how despicable!
A movie should be made in their honor honestly. Would never had known this history if I didn’t stumble on it. I can’t imagine the PTSD these men lived through till old age and their passing. May the souls of everyone who passed in this rest in peace
There is a movie, Uss Indianapolis. But, i don't think it does them justice, tbh
My friend's father survived. He says what people didn't realize is the sharks didn't just kill men but one would get a foot bitten off another a arm or a bite out of the leg and would bleed to death.
Sharks do that because they want to taste if this possible food is really food and is yummy. If it’s not then they won’t come back for more which is why you lose an arm
My grandfather was on this ship. His career was in the Navy. There wasn't many stories he told us. One, he had a monkey his crew mates threw over the side of the ship he was upset about. Two, by listening around the corner he admitted having to take another man's life during wartime. And three, how he survived this incident by laying calmly on his back wading in the water. The men who panicked thrashing in the water were taken down by sharks around him. He remembered the screams. He laid for countless hours in the water. Other than that my grandpa never spoke of anything else. He died in the late 90s. I'm his clone. RIP to all the sailors lost during their battles and after at home.
They say even the Japanese sub-commander thought it was unfair what they did to the captain of the USS Indianapolis.
Yeah, he actually advocated for his forgiveness until his death.
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" No action was taken at all."....sounds suspicious America, real suspicious.
I believe the US military accidentally shot down the ship. That's why they tried to cover it up.
@TredatGuy_ I mean it could happen by the enemy, but the fact their distress signals and cries for help were ignored is sus as hell. Not to mention they literally sent nobody to look for the survivors. Basically left them for dead in the middle of the ocean. The US government knows it was their own people that shot down the ship, but don't want to take responsibility.
@@kylein9869 Its called a Secret mission and they’re in Japanese waters witch probably has submarines 😱😱😱😱😱😱
They should make a real movie out of this event.
They have but I prefer the book In Harm's Way. Did you see the pic of Nic Cage? He played Cptn McVay
They should make a prequel to jaws showing what quint had to go to based on this story
They did make a movie about it. It's called "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage"
Didn’t Nicholas Cage play the captain of the ship?
@@jeremystewert4303 Yes and I like how one of the sailors in the movie is a grandson of a survivor.
world war 2 has so many stories it’s insane, it feels like there’s always something new to learn from the war
My best friends dad was on the Indianapolis. He survived but man the stories he told. He came to school on veterans day just one time and told us the story. His name was Loyle Dean Cox. He passed a few yrs back. Hometown was Comanche Texas. I had an awesome friend and his dad was a very good man. 😁👍
You were blessed to have your best friend and his Father in your life. I admire the strength it must have taken to go on with his life after such a tragic ordeal. Prayers for you and your's 😇🕊❤
This was so tragic. In the middle of the big ocean waiting for a rescue. Unimaginable fear. RIP to ones we lost.💜
Extraordinary. I thought I knew the true history of the ship and its crew, but I never have read of the outrageous cover up, and how the courageous survivors managed to improvise what little they had to stay alive. God bless all who were part of this chapter of naval history.
Rest in Peace, Captain McVay
God bless all these men . It's horrible what these guys went through , pure horror . It makes me happy when hearing these veterans speaking about being rescued and I'm sure glad some of them were . Although , it's unfortunate they were in the water for so long before being rescued ... My heart goes out to them .
Oceanologist: “ya see, Sharks don’t actually EAT humans”...
Weird History: “hold my life jacket...”
These are whitetips, sharks that will eat anything
Not unless they were bleeding out and panicking and splashing about like dying prey
these guys were put into an extremely unlucky situation, nowhere to go and with everyone bleeding and injured and being literal sitting ducks, yeah, just about any wild predator would take the chance unfortunately, not only sharks.
"Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a dolls eyes, when he comes after ya he doesn't seem to be livin, until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white, and then-aww, then you hear that horrible high pitch screamin" Charlie Kelly.
looooool was wondering why i recognised the quote ahaha
I believe it's from Jaws first
@@corywiedenbeck1562 it is.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Are you doing the speech from Jaws? ARE YOU DOING JAWS?
We don't have time for this shit, this is serious!
You know the thing about a rat?
My friend's grandpa was one of the survivors. We were adults when his mom finally told us about it.
An entire ship: hey uh yeah can u come get us
The navy: no
The survivors: how about now
The navy: maybe, no promises, give us a bit to thing about it
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This story will always send a chill up my spine.
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The young men of the 1940s etched their names into history as one of the toughest generations in history. I firmly believe that every generation will rise to the occasion (whether winning or losing is irrelevant) but they were a generation that was forced to fight and did so admirably. Same goes for the young men of the 1910s
Isn't like everyone in the WW2 forced to fight?
I’m the biggest shark enthusiast ever... but this story is so embarrassing and sad... The trauma these men faced can’t be described... God bless them
Why would they just ignore this catastrophe? What would the navy gain? I don't understand the logic because there is none. There has to be something more to this. The US government had to have someone or a group of people accountable for this. Who knows what really happened. The fact that no investigation went on just blows my mind. What about the families of these victims? How did they keep them quiet? Imagine that happening today??? We'd have riots/anarchy.
@LEX STEELE - BIG BLACK HAMMER it actually is but some of them are lies
Me too but this story scares me
Why do you like sharks? Genuinely curious
@@benedictakissi1955 because they are extremely interesting, completely misunderstood and vilified
seeing these men talk about being rescued is so moving to me, to see how happy and grateful they are to be alive.
I can’t even imagine what these men went through... it absolutely breaks my heart :(
My great uncle Sylvanis was one who survived. He never talked about the ordeal. RIP Uncle Sylvanis. What a horrific ordeal those men endured. A sad event in our Navy's history.
Poor Captain McVey.
Wow, I knew of this story already but hearing that survivor talk about it was pretty gut wrenching.
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If my hampster bites me it hurts. I cannot begin to imagine the horror of being eaten alive, or having someone next to you being eaten.
I was wearing headphones and when that old man started to talk my soul left my body. I thought someone was behind me🤣
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Same lmao
Omg same
My grandpa survived this . He still doesn't talk about to this day. He sometimes wakes up screaming in the middle of the night thinking he was back in the water.
hmmmm sounds suspicious
Wow who knew jaws out of all movies would teach you some real history
Are really that dumb? Jaws has nothing to do with this jaws is fiction
@@cap5macca5jack5 are you the dumb one? I never stated that the events in jaws were real I just said that this movie jaws could teach people about some real facts in history such as “the story of the deadliest shark attack in history”
@@cap5macca5jack5 Actually Jaws was pretty accurate. At least the part about the shark going rouge. T
This incident has nothing to do with Jaws, Jaws was inspired by a group of bull sharks in New Jersey
Are people really that dense? The OP’s referring to Quint’s monologue. Holy shit.
8:01 "But he set that big goose down" ... what a brave man, most men would of been too scared but he knew he was about to save 50 some lives. Much respect for that wonderfull man👍
My brother just told me I had 2 uncles that survived the Indianapolis. I never had heard of this information until today, although I had known about the Indianapolis. There was no mention of this in either ones obituary, only that they had served in the Navy during WW2. It apparently effected both of them and they both die relatively young. It was a real life horror movie. My hearts go out to these men and the suffering they endured.
Hearing that old man recall that story really made me tear up. What an horrendous ordeal.
This probably isn’t going to help my fear of the ocean, but HERE WE GOOOOO
I feel the same way.
Watch the scene from Jaws...that's about as realistic as you'll ever hear. This version is not nearly as dramatic.
If it doesn't have a chemical in it, I can't touch or see the bottom. I'm not getting in it!
Bro I feel you, I'm from continental europe, the only thing I fear more than the ocean is the ocean at night
Are you going to the beach in the ocean wounded spilling your blood everywhere? Are you swimming deep in the ocean?
There is no "victory" in war. A historian should know that. There are only lesser losers. Everyone involved lost so much.
There are actually the wolves, vultures the big companies, the elites and that finances the war on both sides for their own, personal gain at the detriment of million of innocents lives working for a paycheck and that are taught to be patriotic.
I knew about this before I'd seen Jaws. My Mum probably told me. You don't need to make up horror stories when real life one's exist.
I can’t believe no one came to help even after hearing the distress signals like wow so messed up RIP to those that lost their lives and I’m even more sorry for the survivors such a traumatic experience.
A frrinds grandfather was there. I met and talked to him about this.
Guess he still lives in that nightmare.
This would be such an interesting conversation but also I wouldn't want ro make them upset either
i am upset in the U.S.navy ignoring to respond the SOS!!!!
The bumping wasn’t a mind game. Sharks smell/feel with their noses. They were seeing if the men were worth attacking.
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So tragic and sad, i cant even imagine what it was like to go through such a horrific experience. The part with the war vet getting emotional when he saw the rescue plan, that got to me.
In 1997 I bought a biz in Winterhaven Fla , Lees House of Vacuums ....... The man I bought it from was William C Lee, ( Bill ) . He was one of the survivors. He had a large pic of the Uss Ind on his office wall. He was a great man. He passed away a few yrs ago due to heart probs. He was 87 I think. My respect to these brave men !!! RIP Bill Lee .
That’s crazy , I really love hearing stories about former veterans and survivors of such things . Really shows you how far they came
"We formed ourselves into tight groups and the idea was if a shark came near you'd start pouding, hollering, and screaming. Sometimes the shark go away. . . sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a stark he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes". ~ Quint, Jaws 1975
Like Joe Bidens Eyes!!!!
@@kenmaddock7469 Our shark
Men: serves their country, sends distress signal
Their country: *we're just gonna ignore that*
my grandpa was a survivor, it was interesting but scary when he talked about it to say the least
My father was WWII veteran who returned home 100% disabled.
Freedom ain’t free! and it never has been…
Every day in some way someone puts their life on the line to preserve it!!
The facts are absolutely heartbreaking.
To the entire crew of the USS Indianapolis. Thank you for your Service. And
to the families that mourned their loss or welcomed them home 🙏🏽
We need to do better by the men and women who risk it all to protect our land and freedoms. … both while in service and AFTER!
Can you even imagine the fear just being in that shark infested water not knowing when and if a shark would come and take them
My best friends grandfather who experienced the horror of being on the ship, told his family a story that has been passed down to many of us. He said that he remembers seeing a piece of shrapnel or metal lodged into one of the men’s head in the water as he was still alive being “bumped” by sharks until eventually the dying man looked my friend’s grandfather in the eyes one last time and got pulled under by one of the sharks.. never to be seen agin..
Omg the man describing that plane landing made me cry . These poor men were neglected and left for dead by the navy and government . It is a scandal .
US Navy personnel:*floating and chilling on the water*
Sharks:looks like meat is back on the menu boys
*Happy Veterans Day Everyone*
Thank you! You too!
how many times has the us just abandoned their troops. A scary amount
It’s theorized that no help came because the ship/crew were on a top secret mission delivering the bomb. On the voyage home, they were still technically on the top secret mission, so the hierarchy didn’t want to risk compromising the secrecy of the Atomic Bomb. Basically, they made the Indianapolis a “ghost ship.”
Every one of them, survivors and the ones that didn’t make it, are heroes and legends 🙏🏽🇺🇸