Coauthors of indianapolis the true story of the worst sea disaster in u. S. Naval history and the fiftyyear fight to exonerate an innocent man. I often refer to the stories in the National Archives. We are not just a storehouse to billions of pages and miles of films that hold stories of our past. In these records, you can discover human lives and how the great and small events of history change them. Today, we will hear the stories of the men who sailed the uss indianapolis during world war ii. The cruiser sinking in july, 1945, just weeks before japans surrender in the war was the first the worst sea disaster in history. It can also help unravel mysteries even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the wreck of the indianapolis was aided by historians discovering a log Landing Craft had seen the indianapolis the night before she sank. Just this month, the navy was able to settle the question about the number of survivors because of Research Done in the re
Is history. Historical questions can also answer questions in unravel mysteries out even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the wreck of the annapolis was aided by a just this month, the naval the navy was able to settle the question of the number of survivors because of Research Done and records housed at our facility in college park and the National Records center st. Louis. Some stories are easily told, some take 73 years to come to light. By preserving the records of our past, we ensure that the Building Blocks of our stories will be available and far into the future. Lynn vincent, a u. S. Navy veteran is their number one New York Times bestseller and coauthor of 11 nonfiction books. Best known titles are same kind of different as me and heaven is for real. A veteran journalist and author of more than a hot thousand articles, have estimated pieces of been said it before congress in the u. S. Supreme court. Sarah vladeck, the documentary filmmaker is
The dow is down nearly 1 . The nasdaq is back in positive territory. Apple is boosting the dow adding 150 points to a decline we would be seeing. Amazon and facebook arent in that index caterpillar, chevron, exxon mobile are driving the blue chips lower. Lets start with bob who will tell us what were seeing from earning season as a whole now that were a little more than halfway through. Bob. We have a little bit of a problem. Its great may have tech earnings are fantastic but theyre not enough to move the market really forward. You can see this today just look at the sectors of whats going on. You have technology up because apple is up. You have Consumer Discretionary up because amazon is up. Everything else, the other economy is having hard time. Tech earnings are even fantastic. We have this two tier economy thats going on. Its not a split between wall street and main street its just theres a two tier economy. One part is digital and thats the megacap tech and software and the Techno
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