A foto of other Waterbury area heroes found on their web site.
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| Navy REJECTS Navy Cross for 'heroic' WWII chaplain on USS Indianapolis |
| 2015-01-19 |
| "The Navy refuted some of the documentation submitted by the Waterbury Veterans Memorial Committee and cited Navy regulations requiring those nominating sailors for awards to be of higher rank than the nominee." |
| Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp7489 |
| #5 Re: #2 - Over fifty years after the incident, after seeing the movie Jaws, a middle-school boy in Pensacola, Florida started a school project on the sinking of the Indianapolis, that took the better part of two years to complete. He interviewed over 100 survivors and reviewed 800 documents. His project was disqualified for format issues in the State-level competition. However, he was a part of the drive to clear McVay’s name, bringing national attention to the issue, and ultimately, testifying before Congress at 12 years of age. In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a resolution that Captain McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS Indianapolis." A little late for Captain McVey - he took his own life in 1968. Despite this congressional resolution, and a later admission by the U.S. Navy that McVay was not responsible for the loss of the ship, the formal conviction still remains on his service record. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-01-19 12:58 |
| #4 A foto of other Waterbury area heroes found on their web site. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-19 08:07 |
| #3 Because he was a Christian? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-01-19 07:58 |
| #2 I think the navy would like this subject to go away. Kinda like deciding the LCS is a frigate. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-01-19 07:35 |
| #1 I may be missing something, but it seems to me the Navy has one sorry-ass role in the Indianapolis affair. Corrections welcome. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-01-19 01:01 |