All tagged Veterans Day
Felton J. Outland has never read a book about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II.
He's seen almost nothing that Hollywood has made of one of the ugliest episodes in U.S. Naval history.
When people talk about the horror, the sharks, the madness, he turns away.
You know who’s frightened of 21 guns firing blanks? Small dogs and babies.
Merchant marines died at a rate of 1 in 26. The highest rate of casualties in any branch of the military. Yet it wasn’t until 1988 the men who served were recognized as veterans of World War II.
