For members of Jose Antonio Saenz’s surviving family, many of whom never had the opportunity to even know him, the U.S. Navy’s decision to reclassify him as buried at sea is providing a semblance of closure.
MILLINGTON, Tenn. — The Navy has officially changed the status of 13 Sailors lost when the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) was sunk in 1945 from “Unaccounted for” to “Buried at
For most of his life, Edward Salinas never knew he had a great uncle who served in World War II. The 26-year-old grew up in Edinburg, Texas, just north of
In July 1945, the USS Indianapolis was on its way back from a secret mission delivering parts for the atomic bomb when it was struck with torpedoes, sinking the ship in minutes