#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.
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