Historical events serve importance due to the process used to evaluate the significance of certain events, people, and developments in the past. Mario Van Peebles, the director of USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage depicts his film based off patriotism and cynicism (motivated purely by self-interest). Even though the film never truly depicts all the catastrophic events that happened with the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, there seems to still have a presence of interest in making sure that the world never forgets about the brave men who floated at sea for days before being rescued. Furthermore, undergoing a top-secret mission for the president to have certain supplies delivered for the atomic bomb (Little boy) that would fall upon thousands of innocent people in Hiroshima. The film
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After dropping off the uranium (Bullet) and the firing mechanism for “Little Boy,” (the first atomic bomb ever made) the ship began their voyage home across the Philippine Sea. While the ship for uncertain reasons made it half way across the sea without being detected, were fired upon, and struck by 6 torpedoes from the Japanese I-58 submarine operated by Cpt. Hashimoto (Olson, Johns and Doescher 32-33). However, it is still uncertain on how Cpt. McVeigh could not see the enemy submarine even though through research it has shown that any anomaly cast out to sea should have appeared as a dark silhouette against the moonlight during that period (Olson, Johns and Doescher 34-35). Distance and visibility are key to what really happened during July 29 and the early morning of July 30, 1945. This graph will give a better understanding of how or why the USS Indianapolis sank on that early morning, and how it was feasible to take down such a structured ship (Olson, Johns and Doescher
After dropping off the uranium (Bullet) and the firing mechanism for “Little Boy,” (the first atomic bomb ever made) the ship began their voyage home across the Philippine Sea. While the ship for uncertain reasons made it half way across the sea without being detected, were fired upon, and struck by 6 torpedoes from the Japanese I-58 submarine operated by Cpt. Hashimoto (Olson, Johns and Doescher 32-33). However, it is still uncertain on how Cpt. McVeigh could not see the enemy submarine even though through research it has shown that any anomaly cast out to sea should have appeared as a dark silhouette against the moonlight during that period (Olson, Johns and Doescher 34-35). Distance and visibility are key to what really happened during July 29 and the early morning of July 30, 1945. This graph will give a better understanding of how or why the USS Indianapolis sank on that early morning, and how it was feasible to take down such a structured ship (Olson, Johns and Doescher