Julie McDonald: Chehalis veteran saw USS Indianapolis deliver parts for atomic bomb

On July 26, 1945, after news spread across the island of Tinian in the Marianas, Navy Seabee Clarence Piper joined others to see the USS Indianapolis, a nearly 600-foot-long Portland-class heavy …

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