Why they Died??
The novel “Left for Dead” describes the sordid tale of the USS Indianapolis. On July 30, 1945,the Indy was on a voyage to deliver and unknown shipment (later discovered to be the Atomic bomb) that could help win the war against the Japan. This war was particularly hard to win because Japanese soldiers were known not to surrender under any circumstances. After the bomb had been delivered to a secret destination, the Indy was attacked on the Petite route to another base. The USS Indy’s Captain(Charles McVay)and its crew members had no way of knowing that they had barreled straight towards a Japanese submarine. Hundreds of men died from the sinking of the ship. It is important to understand that there is a difference in knowing …show more content…
All these horrible physical conditions put stress on the body and mental stability, thus making men lose a sense of reality. For example, since the men were unable to reach a deep sleep (REM sleep) this made them irritable and violent. Their mental state was very shaky form stress.Men experienced psychotic episodes and delusions. They pictured things like Islands with cool glasses of water or seeing Japanese soldiers.These soldier experienced PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder along with extreme guilt and anxiety over surviving the harrowing experience. It is often hard to understand that when enduring something that traumatic there the is nothing that could be done to save a life in certain situations. These crew members mental state was greatly affected by hard conditions of the ocean although some managed to remain sane throughout the whole …show more content…
It is important to understand that there is a difference in knowing how those brave men died and why the died. The “how” can be explained simply - the ship sank but the” why” is the questions that can be quite hard to answer. This information can separate the responsibility of who should bear the burden of being the cause for the USS Indy’s but more essentially the death of those brave
The novel “Left for Dead” describes the sordid tale of the USS Indianapolis. On July 30, 1945,the Indy was on a voyage to deliver and unknown shipment (later discovered to be the Atomic bomb) that could help win the war against the Japan. This war was particularly hard to win because Japanese soldiers were known not to surrender under any circumstances. After the bomb had been delivered to a secret destination, the Indy was attacked on the Petite route to another base. The USS Indy’s Captain(Charles McVay)and its crew members had no way of knowing that they had barreled straight towards a Japanese submarine. Hundreds of men died from the sinking of the ship. It is important to understand that there is a difference in knowing …show more content…
All these horrible physical conditions put stress on the body and mental stability, thus making men lose a sense of reality. For example, since the men were unable to reach a deep sleep (REM sleep) this made them irritable and violent. Their mental state was very shaky form stress.Men experienced psychotic episodes and delusions. They pictured things like Islands with cool glasses of water or seeing Japanese soldiers.These soldier experienced PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder along with extreme guilt and anxiety over surviving the harrowing experience. It is often hard to understand that when enduring something that traumatic there the is nothing that could be done to save a life in certain situations. These crew members mental state was greatly affected by hard conditions of the ocean although some managed to remain sane throughout the whole …show more content…
It is important to understand that there is a difference in knowing how those brave men died and why the died. The “how” can be explained simply - the ship sank but the” why” is the questions that can be quite hard to answer. This information can separate the responsibility of who should bear the burden of being the cause for the USS Indy’s but more essentially the death of those brave