Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, toward the end of World War II, two Japanese torpedoes sunk the USS […] ...

On July 26, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis landed on Tinian Island in the northern Pacific and delivered components for the atomic bomb that 11 days later would be dropped on Hiroshima.

The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly blown in half by two Japanese torpedoes and sunk on July 30, 1945, a tragedy that also stands as one of World War II's most harrowing survival stories.

The USS Indianapolis CA 35 was a Portland-class heavy cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was struck by Japanese torpedoes while en route from Guam to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in July 1945.

What follows is his obituary, which was published in the Indianapolis Star (via Legacy.com): Charles ... was born fittingly on arguably the most joyous day in American history, August 14, 1945-V-J Day ...