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.

Character actor Lionel Barrymore, the great-uncle of Drew Barrymore, had a long friendship with former Indianapolis Symphony conductor Fabien Sevitzky.

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.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- On July 30, 1945, shortly after midnight, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine somewhere in the Philippine Sea. Roughly 300 of the sailors aboard went down with ...

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 ...