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Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis in the Philip
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Thanks for posting this, fascinating.
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08-19-2017, 06:56 PM
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Read the story or watch the movie. It was quite the cover up and shameful how they treated the captain and surviving crew...
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Glad its been found... I have a few friends who worked to make this happen and it was a long and hard road until they found the ship.
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I think it's great they found the ship. Not an easy task. But what is the real purpose in looking for it. We know why it went down, it's not a salvage or treasure operation. So why all the effort to find it? Paul Allen just really bored?
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08-21-2017, 04:19 AM
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08-21-2017, 04:41 AM
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The significance of finding the Indianapolis has to do with closure for the families of those who were lost. We're talking about approx. 900 sailors who lost their lives.
That's a lot of families.
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If it helps the families of those that died, great. I don't see how tho. There are no unanswered questions that will now be answered. I just don't see that as the motivator for the people that did the search. But more power to 'em.
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