The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

: Saturday, July 29, 1995

• MOVIES: DENEUVE STILL A STAR IN RE-RELEASE OF ``BELLE''
• ``WATERWORLD'' IS AFLOAT WITH ACTION
• THE ARTS: EXHIBIT TAKES YOU ON A REFRESHING STROLL BACK TO 1900
• IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER, MOST OF US BELIEVE IN HELL
• FIFTY YEARS AGO: FIVE DAYS OF HORROR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JULY 30, 1945, THE USS INDIANAPOLIS, HEADED FROM GUAM TO THE PHILIPPINES, WAS HIT BY JAPANESE TORPEDOES AND SANK WITHIN MINUTES. CAST INTO THE SEA, SOME 800 MEN WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED THE TORPEDOES. ONLY 316 WOULD SURVIVE THE SHARKS AND SUN AND SALT WATER. HERE, ONE OF THEM TELLS HIS STORY.