USS Indianapolis Survivors Attend Last Big Reunion Back in 2013-- Part 2

The Indianapolis was on the secret mission that delivered the components of the atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.  As such, it sailed alone and whereabouts were not generally known.  It was sunk by a Japanese submarine and the survivors of the sinking floated for five days until they were accidentally found.

At least 880 men died on the ship, the Navy's worst-ever at sea loss of life.  An estimated 900 went into the Pacific and just 317 survived the five day ordeal.

Edgar Harrell, 89, from Clarksville, Tennessee, was one of only two Marines to survive the sinking.

Clarence Hershberger, 87, of DeLeon Springs, Florida, hadn't planned on attending until the last minute.

Besides the survivors, another 250 friends and relatives were also in attendance in Indianapolis.

--GreGen