USS INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVOR (ROBERT JUSTICE) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 285431
Sale Price $81.00
Reg. $90.00
USS INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVOR: ROBERT JUSTICE
His ink signature on a photo of the ill-fated cruiser, above a detailed
printed caption
Signature: "Robert E. Justice". B/w 10x8. The caption in lower margin
reads, in full: "The USS Indianapolis (CA 35) was a Portland-class cruiser of
the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the notorious
circumstances of her sinking which was the deadliest single loss of life
at-sea in the history of the US Navy. After delivering critical parts for
the first atomic bomb to the United States air base at Tinian on July 26, 1945
she was in the Philippines Area when attacked at 0014 on July 30, 1945 by a
Japanese submarine. The boat sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crew
on-board approximately 300 went down with the ship leaving the remaining crew of
about 900 to face a combination of exposure, dehydration and shark attack as
they waited for assistance while floating. The men were left floating in
shark-infested waters with no lifeboats and most with no food or water. The
ship was never missed and by the time the survivors were spotted by accident
four days later only 316 men were still alive. Indianapolis was one of the
last US Navy ships sunk by enemy action in World War II." Robert E. "Gene"
Justice, a Seaman second class on the last voyage of the Indianapolis,
passed away on April 18, 2010. Fine condition.
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