Alayna

On July 29th, they left Guam, and they were on their way to Leite, an island near the Philippines where they were going to receive training. Throughout much of the day, the Indianapolis traveled, you know, steady pace, and they moved in a zigzagging motion to make themselves a difficult target for any enemy fire. And especially any enemy submarines that were concealed beneath the surface.

On July 29th, they left Guam, and they were on their way to Leite, an island near the Philippines where they were going to receive training. Throughout much of the day, the Indianapolis traveled, you know, steady pace, and they moved in a zigzagging motion to make themselves a difficult target for any enemy fire. And especially any enemy submarines that were concealed beneath the surface.

Exactly. You know, like you just... You don't think about it. Like... It'll take every once in a while. I'll just look at my dad because he was in the submarine service. And I'll look at my dad and just be like, you were in a submarine.

Exactly. You know, like you just... You don't think about it. Like... It'll take every once in a while. I'll just look at my dad because he was in the submarine service. And I'll look at my dad and just be like, you were in a submarine.

Yeah. And like my mom didn't know where he was. Yeah. And like there was no communication. There was a time when they were like five. They were something like five hours away from like showing up at her door and saying we've lost someone.

Yeah. And like my mom didn't know where he was. Yeah. And like there was no communication. There was a time when they were like five. They were something like five hours away from like showing up at her door and saying we've lost someone.

them like we think they're gone yeah and then they got communication back again like insane it's just so bonkers i'm like i can't and again i'm saying like bonkers and shit and like I don't know what else to say. It's just, yeah, it's inconceivable. I don't have a lot of eloquent language to discuss how fucking terrible war is. No, it's just beyond. It really is beyond my wildest conception.

them like we think they're gone yeah and then they got communication back again like insane it's just so bonkers i'm like i can't and again i'm saying like bonkers and shit and like I don't know what else to say. It's just, yeah, it's inconceivable. I don't have a lot of eloquent language to discuss how fucking terrible war is. No, it's just beyond. It really is beyond my wildest conception.

Yeah. And I think they, like, need to teach more about it in school.

Yeah. And I think they, like, need to teach more about it in school.

told us a lot about it and he took us to the submarine museum yeah like he's very into history so you learn so much via that yeah we didn't learn a ton about about all of this in school yeah it's important to learn this kind of shit you need to know what happens so that it can't happen again and where you come from yeah exactly how you got here and to like respect what people were dealing with back then too i think that's something that's very much missing from my generation and the next one very lacking

told us a lot about it and he took us to the submarine museum yeah like he's very into history so you learn so much via that yeah we didn't learn a ton about about all of this in school yeah it's important to learn this kind of shit you need to know what happens so that it can't happen again and where you come from yeah exactly how you got here and to like respect what people were dealing with back then too i think that's something that's very much missing from my generation and the next one very lacking

So yeah, so they were having to move in a zigzag motion. And at the time, the maneuver was strictly a precaution. They weren't technically worried. They were just doing it to make sure. Yeah, it's just like a default. But unbeknownst to McVeigh and the rest of the crew, the Indianapolis was being tracked.

So yeah, so they were having to move in a zigzag motion. And at the time, the maneuver was strictly a precaution. They weren't technically worried. They were just doing it to make sure. Yeah, it's just like a default. But unbeknownst to McVeigh and the rest of the crew, the Indianapolis was being tracked.

It was being tracked by an I-58, which is a Japanese submarine, and it was being captained by Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto. The I-58 sonar, and this really blew my fucking mind how mundane the thing is that was able to be picked up on sonar.

It was being tracked by an I-58, which is a Japanese submarine, and it was being captained by Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto. The I-58 sonar, and this really blew my fucking mind how mundane the thing is that was able to be picked up on sonar.

The I-58 sonar picked up on the sound of dishes rattling in the Indianapolis. Stop. From six miles away. And this is in the 40s. Yep. Six miles away. They could hear dishes rattling. The sonar picked up on dishes rattling. And what do you even there's no way that you even fix that. And it's just so. And you'd never think of that.

The I-58 sonar picked up on the sound of dishes rattling in the Indianapolis. Stop. From six miles away. And this is in the 40s. Yep. Six miles away. They could hear dishes rattling. The sonar picked up on dishes rattling. And what do you even there's no way that you even fix that. And it's just so. And you'd never think of that.

Something about that hit me in the fucking head like a train because I was like, that is the most mundane thing I can think of. And again, how do you fix that? And why would you even think of it?

Something about that hit me in the fucking head like a train because I was like, that is the most mundane thing I can think of. And again, how do you fix that? And why would you even think of it?