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Why Was Charles McVay III (USS Indianapolis) Ashes Scattered at Bayou Liberty?
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:54 pm
Watched the movie this weekend with family. Although I was familiar with the story they weren't. So I did a little reading about him and was surprised to learn that although he took his own life in Litchfield, CT, his ashes were scattered at Bayou Liberty (just west of Slidell).
Anybody know what the connection was to Bayou Liberty?
LINK
Anybody know what the connection was to Bayou Liberty?
LINK
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:13 pm to AlwysATgr
Closest place to dump ashes in LA.
This post was edited on 2/12/17 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:16 pm to AlwysATgr
One of the Chevrolet Brothers (like the motorcar) hung himself in Slidell.
Maybe it's generally depressing.
Maybe it's generally depressing.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:30 pm to soccerfüt
I think he had a close friend who was a naval officer and a Tulane grad that had some kinda tie to that area...
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:37 pm to AlwysATgr
This was an interesting thing from his wiki
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Over fifty years after the incident, a 12-year-old student in Pensacola, Florida, Hunter Scott, was instrumental in raising awareness of the miscarriage of justice carried out at the captain's court-martial. As part of a school project for the National History Day program, the young man interviewed nearly 150 survivors of the Indianapolis sinking and reviewed 800 documents. His testimony before the US Congress brought national attention to the situation.[11][12][13]
In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a resolution that McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS Indianapolis." President Clinton also signed the resolution.[14]Commander Hashimoto died five days before the exoneration (on 25 October).
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:46 pm to AlwysATgr
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Anybody know what the connection was to Bayou Liberty?
He heard that Old Town was trashy but thought they said "ashy."
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:53 pm to TIGERSTORM
Totally bullshite they placed the blame on the Captain when the Navy completely dropped the ball after she was torpedoed and failed to check-in; not knowing she was sunk until 4 days after it occurred.
This post was edited on 2/12/17 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:56 pm to AlwysATgr
Have a family member that was a survivor on the USS Indianapolis. McVay was stationed in New Orleans following WWII and the court martial. McVay ended up loving New Orleans and had a fishing camp out that way. He requested before his death that his ashes be scattered in that area.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 9:25 pm to AlwysATgr
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Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know... was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. Heh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. Y'know, it's... kinda like ol' squares in a battle like, uh, you see in a calendar, like the Battle of Waterloo, and the idea was, shark comes to the nearest man and that man, he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin', and sometimes the shark'd go away... sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. Y'know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya. And those black eyes roll over white, and then... oh, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin', the ocean turns red, and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. Y'know, by the end of that first dawn... lost a hundred men. I dunno how many sharks. Maybe a thousand. I dunno how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Bosun's mate. I thought he was asleep. Reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. Young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and come in low and three hours later, a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. Y'know, that was the time I was most frightened, waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a life jacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water, three hundred sixteen men come out, and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 11:22 pm to nolatoothdr
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Have a family member that was a survivor on the USS Indianapolis.
Your family member is one my heroes. Appreciate the info about McVay.
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