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				Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis in the Philip
			 
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|  08-19-2017, 05:44 PM | 
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			Thanks for posting this, fascinating.
		 
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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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|  08-20-2017, 05:22 AM | 
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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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|  08-20-2017, 11:03 AM | 
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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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|  08-21-2017, 05:03 AM | 
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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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|  08-21-2017, 07:40 AM | 
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|  08-21-2017, 07:49 AM | 
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You're not suffering a delusion of people being rational are you??  Besides, if Paul Allen doesn't find it, nobody else is even looking for it.
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