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August 29, 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, is on her way from Guam to Leyte. She never made it. She was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-16. For four days, her survivors endured shark attacks, while
the top brass in the Philippines, didn't know where she was, and didn't care.
Out of the 1100+ that went into the water, only 930 survived, to be attacked, killed, and eaten, by sharks. Out of those 930, only 400+ were pulled out of the water when they were finally found, as it turned out, by accident. WI the USS Indianapolis survivors were found sooner?
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