Every war brings countless stories of tragedy to fire the creative energies of writers.
Readers familiar with the story know it to be a tale of malfeasance and cover-up on the part of the Navy and of bravery and suffering on the part of the crew. The Indy went to sea in 1932, ultimately bound for glory in the sea war against Japan. In 1943, the Fifth Fleet's Admiral Raymond Spruance made her his flag- ship, and she saw battle in every major Pacific Island engagement. THE INDY'S tale comes alive in two recent illustrated books that should rekindle interest in this tragedy among a new generation of readers. In late July of 1945, the Indy was dispatched to deliver components for the A-bomb to Tinian Island, without an escort and without warnings that Japanese subs had been spotted in the area.