60 Years Later: A Small Town Discovers a Hero in Their Midst

by Tom Balunis

60 Years Later is the remarkable story of William Van Wilpe. On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis and her crew of 1,197 are attacked by a Japanese submarine, just days removed from delivering the components of the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. The damage inflicted by the Japanese torpedoes is so catastrophic; the Indianapolis sinks in just twelve minutes. The result of the ship s rapid demise is the inability of the U.S. Navy to confirm...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B004JBX2W4
• ISBN13: 9781432718312
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Outskirts Press, Incorporated
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"