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The Tragic Fate of the U.S.S. "Indianapolis": The U.S. Navy's Worst Disaster at Sea
Author(s): Raymond B. Lech (Author)
- Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Publication Date: 14 Nov. 2000
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 0815411200
- ISBN-13: 9780815411208
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Review
Much of this grim tale was secreted away for decades in classified military files, from which Mr. Lech has now managed to pry the facts. The evidence he has collected is compelling.– “The New York Times Book Review”
The incompetence and indifference of several key naval officers accounted for the high death toll…. There have been many books on the sinking, but Lech is the first person to have had access to the confidential records and court-martial proceedings. His book should be in all World War II collections.– “Library Journal”
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