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 worst sea disaster in history. It can also help unravel mysteries even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the location 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 records housed in our facility and our National Personal Records center in st. Louis. Some stories are easily told. Others take 73 years to come to light. By preserving the records of our ensure the Building Blocks of our stories will be available now and far into the future. Lynn vincent, a u.
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
Indianapolis. It sank just weeks before japan surrendered. Historical records can also help unravel mysteries even decades after the events took place. Last sum ear i hmers edificatie wreck and just this month the navy was able to settle the question about the number of survivors because of Research Done in the records housed in our facility in college park and our National Personnel records st. Louis. Some stories are easily told, others 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 now and far into the future. Lynn vincent, a u. S. Navy veteran, number one New York Times best selling author and coauthor of 11 nonfiction bo s books. Her investigative pieces have been cited before congress and the u. S. Stwreem couupreme cour. And sara vladic is a leading expert on the indianapolis and back obsessed with the story at the gilded of 1 she has published new research on uss indianapolis. And the bo
Mental health days help students succeed As a recent high school graduate, I can wholeheartedly say that our schools need more mental health support. Across Western Pennsylvania, the recommended ratios of guidance counselors to students are not being met, workloads are increasing and students are suffering. If “mental health day”