Indianapolis

As the USS Indianapolis sunk to its watery grave the men aboard were victimized and killed for those 4 grueling days. We are aware of the reasons they died, but why did they died. Was it because of the devastating missile fired from the japanese submarine, or was it because of the sharks or harsh conditions in the following days? “What if” is a question we can ask ourselves when it comes to why these brave men died during the worst event in naval history. The dark cloudy night of The sinking of the USS Indianapolis men died sickening deaths by explosion, burns, falls, drowning, and in other indescribable ways. In this instant we can think why did these men die of these things. We can think that the men would have lived if it wasn't for the…

Indianapolis, Indiana, Is a beautiful city. It is home to numerous war memorials, second only to Washington, DC. However, it is a long way from my home town in Louisiana and not only in distance. I relocated to Indiana temporarily for a job almost a year ago, before the job was completed I was asked to take a permanent position. So my new ‘home’ town is now Indianapolis. I decided to embrace this with this essay, so I began to look for a site-specific public sculptor that has meaning to…

-Intro Studies in Indianapolis has show that every 43 out of 1000 teenage girl will become pregnant in Indianapolis and the number are not expected to decline anytime soon. The belief in the number of teenage pregnancies not improving and lessening is because it 's a cycle and some teenagers believe this cycle is ok. There are different types of cycles teenage pregnancy might stem from such as the most popular one which is when family members were pregnant teens so that upcoming children in that…

Anderson lays just over two hours away (MapQuest). Anderson to Indianapolis is a lot like Scottsburg to Louisville, it take about fifty minutes to get from a small town to a big city where things to do are more abundant (MapQuest). Like North Manchester, Anderson is a small town that may lack things to do for a college aged kid. TripAdvisor only lists fourteen things to do in Anderson, and many of them are historical locations (Anderson, Indiana). Anderson is, however, located just outside two…

Indiana University Hospital Going by the acronym IUH, the Indiana University Hospital has its headquarters in the United State of Indiana. It easily emerges as one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Indiana. Its IU Health brand has 15 hospitals under its wings and employs about 30,000 employees. The IU Health is also famous due to its three Indianapolis hospitals deeply rooted in Indiana. These are Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health – the first state pediatric…

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Imagine being a sailor on The USS Indianapolis. You had just finished dropping off the atomic bomb at Tinian. It is late at night and you decide to go to bed. A couple minutes later, the ship jolts to the left. You’ve been hit by a torpedo. You jump out of your bed and rush out of the room. You hear your captain screaming, “Abandon ship!Abandon ship!”. You rush down the narrow hall and find a life jacket. You put it on and run to the stern of the ship. You…

The sun was beating down hard, making the snow sparkle, and the ice was shiny when the light hit it. When the bell rang the school doors opened, and we were greeted with the blast of cold air that came from that freezing cold Indiana day in February. It was the day that everything about my life was going to change. It was the day that I was no longer going to be comfortable with my surroundings, my life, or even myself. It was the day that my parents informed me that we would be leaving…

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…

The sinking of the USS Indianapolis happen during World War II. The USS Indianapolis was launched on November 7, 1931. It was 610 feet and 4 inches long. It was 9,600 tons. What had contributed to the weight was eight white Forster boilers, 4 Parsons geared turbines, about 70 guns, and 3 SC-2 Curtiss Seahawk airplanes. On April 1940 the Indianapolis move from west coast to Hawaii with the rest of the Pacific Fleet. On February 1942 the Indianapolis participated in raid on Bougainville in Solomon…

Reflection When choosing a topic to create the multimodal rhetorical project it was fairly easy, The U.S.S. Indianapolis was recently founded on the ocean floor. My great-grandfather was on the Indy when the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The objectives that were tried to be conveyed is that the Indy should not be brought to the surface, because where the ship is sunk is considered a grave site for hundreds of the United States sailors. I wanted to educate the audience about the…