After the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in 1945, roughly 900 men went into the water. Only 316 survived. The Navy court-martialed the captain. A 12-year-old kid's school project got him exonerated 55 years later. - History Education Network

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After the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in 1945, roughly 900 men went into the water. Only 316 survived. The Navy court-martialed the captain. A 12-year-old kid’s school project got him exonerated 55 years later.

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