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Only 317 Survived! The tragedy of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the Navy’s Worst Disaster At Sea…880 Men Died, signed by one of the last survivors, Richard Thelen.
Octavo, xiii, 517pp. Blue cloth, title stamped on the spine and front cover. Appears unread. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket.
Signed on the front free endpaper by Richard Thelen.
This copy is signed by Richard “Dick” Thelen, the last Michigan survivor of the USS Indianapolis, who died in 2021 at the age of 94. Thelen joined the Navy at age 17 after graduating from High School. He served aboard the USS Indianapolis as a gunner’s mate when, on July 30th, 1945, the ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine torpedo.
